Table 4 Average age and share of individuals with earnings from labor > 0
From: Human capital transmission and the earnings of second-generation immigrants in Sweden
Average age (years) | Share of individuals with earnings from labor > 0 in 1997, 1998 and 1999 (percent) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | Father’s region of birth | Second-generation immigrants | Children of natives | Second-generation immigrants | Children of natives |
1 | Finland | 33.1 | 34.6 | 79.1 | 72.9 |
2 | Other Nordic countries | 38.8 | 39.8 | 79.7 | 72.7 |
3 | Former Yugoslavia | 29.0 | 32.6 | 70.8 | 71.5 |
4 | Greece | 28.5 | 33.1 | 56.9 | 75.2 |
5 | Italy | 33.6 | 36.6 | 75.0 | 72.5 |
6 | Turkey | 28.8 | 34.6 | 60.8 | 65.8 |
7 | Baltic States | 40.1 | 41.5 | 81.7 | 72.8 |
8 | Former Soviet Union | 42.3 | 43.4 | 78.3 | 73.1 |
9 | Czechoslovakia | 36.1 | 37.2 | 80.3 | 75.9 |
10 | Hungary | 34.2 | 36.0 | 76.3 | 73.3 |
11 | Poland | 39.6 | 41.8 | 76.6 | 70.9 |
12 | Germany | 35.8 | 36.9 | 82.0 | 73.0 |
13 | France | 36.4 | 36.8 | 78.2 | 65.5 |
14 | United Kingdom | 34.1 | 36.2 | 80.2 | 74.1 |
15 | The Netherlands | 36.5 | 37.4 | 81.2 | 73.5 |
16 | The Middle East | 28.6 | 31.7 | 66.3 | 70.6 |
17 | Africa | 30.8 | 34.4 | 70.4 | 73.2 |
18 | Asia | 34.8 | 38.3 | 77.4 | 76.1 |
19 | Latin America | 33.4 | 36.6 | 79.7 | 73.9 |
20 | United States and Canada | 43.3 | 43.7 | 81.0 | 72.2 |
Pooled groups of second-generation immigrants | |||||
1 | Nordic countries | 35.2 | 36.5 | 79.3 | 72.8 |
2 | Southern Europe and Turkey | 29.8 | 33.6 | 77.4 | 71.9 |
3 | Eastern Europe | 38.5 | 39.9 | 79.2 | 73.0 |
4 | Western Europe, US and Canada | 35.8 | 36.9 | 81.6 | 72.7 |
5 | Africa and Middle East | 30.0 | 33.4 | 69.0 | 72.3 |
6 | Latin America and Asia | 34.3 | 37.7 | 78.2 | 75.3 |