Processes that unfold over individuals’ life courses are often associated with inequalities later in life. The literature lacks methodological approaches to analyze inequalities in outcomes between groups, for example, between women and men, in a life-course-sensitive manner. We propose a combination of methods—of sequence analysis, which enables us to study the multidimensional complexity of life courses with Kitagawa–Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition. This approach allows us to distinguish the share of inequalities between groups that is due to group-specific life courses from the share that is due to group-specific returns to similar life courses. We illustrate the combination of the two methods by analyzing work–family life courses and gender pension gaps in Italy and Germany. Our contribution is to systematically compare possible core analytical choices when combining typologies derived using sequence analysis with the Kitagawa–Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition. For future applications, we propose a set of practical guidelines for sequence analysis–Kitagawa–Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition.

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群体不平等的生命历程敏感分析：将序列分析与北川-瓦哈卡-布林德分解相结合

个人生命历程中展开的过程通常与以后生活中的不平等有关。文献缺乏以生命历程敏感的方式分析群体之间结果不平等的方法论，例如女性和男性之间的不平等。我们提出了序列分析的组合方法，这使我们能够通过北川-瓦哈卡-布林德分解来研究生命历程的多维复杂性。这种方法使我们能够区分由于特定群体的生命历程而导致的群体之间不平等的份额和由于特定群体对相似生命历程的回报而造成的不平等份额。我们通过分析意大利和德国的工作-家庭生活课程和性别养老金差距来说明这两种方法的结合。我们的贡献是在将使用序列分析得出的类型与北川-瓦哈卡-布林德分解相结合时，系统地比较可能的核心分析选择。对于未来的应用，我们提出了一套序列分析实用指南——北川-瓦哈卡-布林德分解。