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Table 4 Regression results for employment outcomes

From: Differences in employment outcomes for college town stayers and leavers

 

Probability of Employment

Log Annual Wage

Log Hourly Wage

Log Annual Hours

% of Occupation with Bachelor's or Higher

Stayer

0.001

−0.267***

−0.209***

−0.058***

−0.052***

 

(0.007)

(0.020)

(0.014)

(0.015)

(0.008)

Master's Degree

0.019**

−0.023

0.084***

−0.106***

0.157***

 

(0.008)

(0.026)

(0.020)

(0.019)

(0.009)

Professional Degree

0.011

−0.132**

0.044

−0.176***

0.364***

 

(0.013)

(0.053)

(0.041)

(0.041)

(0.016)

Doctoral Degree

0.038

0.065

0.199*

−0.134

0.258***

 

(0.029)

(0.103)

(0.104)

(0.096)

(0.048)

Age 24

−0.003

0.190***

0.007

0.184***

0.002

 

(0.010)

(0.032)

(0.024)

(0.026)

(0.011)

Age 25

−0.001

0.401***

0.108***

0.294***

0.015

 

(0.009)

(0.031)

(0.022)

(0.025)

(0.010)

Age 26

0.003

0.479***

0.155***

0.324***

0.002

 

(0.010)

(0.031)

(0.023)

(0.025)

(0.010)

Age 27

0.011

0.560***

0.175***

0.386***

−0.007

 

(0.010)

(0.031)

(0.023)

(0.025)

(0.011)

Female

−0.034***

−0.208***

−0.115***

−0.092***

0.015***

 

(0.005)

(0.015)

(0.011)

(0.011)

(0.006)

Black

−0.016

−0.082*

−0.001

−0.082**

−0.022

 

(0.017)

(0.042)

(0.030)

(0.033)

(0.015)

Asian

−0.008

0.120

0.158**

−0.038

0.028

 

(0.022)

(0.073)

(0.065)

(0.057)

(0.021)

Hispanic

−0.019

−0.012

0.052

−0.064*

−0.004

 

(0.019)

(0.043)

(0.034)

(0.036)

(0.016)

Other Nonwhite

−0.032

−0.062

0.025

−0.087*

−0.065***

 

(0.023)

(0.065)

(0.054)

(0.053)

(0.024)

Married

0.006

0.080***

0.053***

0.027**

0.030***

 

(0.005)

(0.015)

(0.012)

(0.011)

(0.006)

Has Children

−0.172***

−0.263***

−0.031*

−0.232***

−0.015

 

(0.012)

(0.030)

(0.018)

(0.025)

(0.010)

Observations

11237

10700

10700

10700

10368

  1. Note: Heteroskedasticity robust standard errors in parentheses.
  2. *Significant at 10%; **Significant at 5%; ***Significant at 1%.