This note suggests a new way of determining the exact contributions of the explanatory
variables to the R-Square of a linear regression. The proposed methodology combines the …

An approach to determine carbon emission reduction target allocation based on the particle
swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm, fuzzy c-means (FCM) clustering algorithm, and …

Decomposition analysis provides help in the difficult task of explaining how economies
trends and government policies affect the distribution of income. In this context, recent …

We show how classic source-decomposition and subgroup-decomposition methods can be
reconciled with regression methodology used in the recent literature. We also highlight …

The aim of this paper was to explain why poverty and material deprivation in South Africa
are significantly higher among those of African descent than among whites. To do so, we …

The paper presents a decomposition of income mobility indices into two basic sources:
mobility induced by a change of the income distribution shape, and mobility induced by a …

This paper studies the decomposition of poverty changes in Cameroon. Specifically, it
reviews theoretical frameworks for growth–redistribution decomposition analyses, presents …

This paper takes a new look at the determinants of cognitive ability. Using the results of the
2006 PISA survey for five Latin American countries (Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and …

This article has three goals. First, we wish to compare three multidimensional approaches to
poverty and check to what extent they identify the same households as poor. Second, we …

We analyze the role of the demographic and human capital characteristics of minorities in
the US in explaining their high occupational segregation with respect to whites and the …