Common Functional Decompositions Can Mis-attribute Differences in Outcomes Between Populationsstat.ME
New decompositions misattribute differences between populations, even when outcomes are identical.
problem Misattribution of differences between populations using common functional decompositions.
method Extending the Kitagawa-Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition to nonlinear functional decompositions.
result Functional ANOVA and Accumulated Local Effects can misattribute differences even when outcomes are identical in two populations.