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Table 5 Differences in log earnings between male first-generation immigrants and native comparison groups in 1975 and 1980 (pooled data) and difference in earnings between male second-generation immigrants and native comparison groups in 1997, 1998 and 1999 (pooled data)

From: Human capital transmission and the earnings of second-generation immigrants in Sweden

No.

Father’s region of birth

Differences in log earnings between male immigrants and native matched individuals

Differences in log earnings between male immigrants and all natives

Differences in log earnings between male second-generation immigrants and their native matched individuals

Differences in log earnings between male second-generation immigrants and all natives

1

Finland

-0.032

-0.029

0.012

0.004

2

Other Nordic countries

-0.050

-0.082

0.038

0.026

3

Former Yugoslavia

-0.092

-0.105

-0.175

-0.184

4

Greece

-0.149

-0.223

-0.399

-0.377

5

Italy

-0.049

-0.067

-0.024

-0.063

6

Turkey

-0.262

-0.248

-0.232

-0.305

7

Baltic States

-0.014

0.021

0.138

0.153

8

Soviet Union

-0.015

-0.120

0.048

0.061

9

Czechoslovakia

-0.063

0.002

0.038

0.047

10

Hungary

-0.090

-0.062

-0.071

-0.065

11

Poland

-0.184

-0.188

0.087

0.031

12

Germany

-0.005

0.002

0.079

0.087

13

France

-0.205

-0.152

-0.103

-0.096

14

United Kingdom

-0.077

-0.006

-0.111

-0.103

15

The Netherlands

-0.063

-0.048

0.063

0.123

16

The Middle East

-0.276

-0.200

-0.251

-0.295

17

Africa

-0.284

-0.193

-0.225

-0.359

18

Asia

-0.090

0.002

-0.019

-0.024

19

Latin America

-0.141

-0.094

0.238

0.086

20

United States and Canada

-0.041

-0.092

0.047

0.060

Average difference

 

-0.050

 

0.016

Pooled groups

1

Nordic countries

-0.038

-0.047

0.022

0.014

2

Southern Europe and Turkey

-0.103

-0.123

-0.160

-0.182

3

Eastern Europe

-0.065

-0.047

0.060

0.060

4

Western Europe, US and Canada

-0.026

-0.001

0.059

0.069

5

Africa and Middle East

-0.280

-0.196

-0.236

-0.342

6

Latin America and Asia

-0.108

-0.020

0.078

0.015

Average difference

 

-0.050

 

0.016