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Table 6 Estimates of intergenerational earnings mobility within different immigrant groups and native comparison groups

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

Geographic origin

Regression estimates. Second generation immigrants

Regression estimates. Native comparison group

Rank. Second generation immigrants

Correlation coefficient. Second generation immigrants

Rank. Second generation immigrants

IV. Second generation immigrants

Rank. Second generation immigrants

1. Finland

0.183

0.124

12

0.104

13

0.343

11

(0.009)

(0.008)

 

(0.003)

 

(0.029)

 

2. Other Nordic countries

0.209

0.131

7

0.138

6

0.371

9

(0.011)

(0.010)

 

(0.004)

 

(0.032)

 

3. Former Yugoslavia

0.180

0.124

13

0.091

15

0.199

16

(0.025)

(0.019)

 

(0.009)

 

(0.101)

 

4. Greece

0.170

0.182

14

0.106

12

0.006

20

(0.040)

(0.042)

 

(0.018)

 

(0.185)

 

5. Italy

0.123

0.097

16

0.069

18

0.202

15

(0.043)

(0.041)

 

(0.014)

 

(0.127)

 

6. Turkey

0.100

0.082

19

0.047

19

0.820

1

(0.074)

(0.044)

 

(0.032)

 

(0.321)

 

7. Baltic States

0.248

0.157

4

0.158

4

0.423

5

(0.023)

(0.018)

 

(0.009)

 

(0.057)

 

8. Former Soviet Union

0.163

0.016

15

0.089

16

0.190

17

(0.045)

(0.037)

 

(0.016)

 

(0.164)

 

9. Czechoslovakia

0.184

0.238

11

0.115

11

0.252

13

(0.043)

(0.032)

 

(0.017)

 

(0.087)

 

10. Hungary

0.247

0.170

5

0.150

5

0.529

2

(0.028)

(0.023)

 

(0.011)

 

(0.071)

 

11. Poland

0.189

0.149

10

0.120

10

0.356

10

(0.046)

(0.031)

 

(0.017)

 

(0.136)

 

12. Germany

0.201

0.149

8

0.135

8

0.413

6

(0.016)

(0.013)

 

(0.007)

 

(0.049)

 

13. France

0.272

0.116

1

0.201

1

0.496

3

(0.064)

(0.056)

 

(0.029)

 

(0.156)

 

14. United Kingdom

0.110

0.077

18

0.071

17

0.213

14

(0.051)

(0.039)

 

(0.023)

 

(0.125)

 

15. The Netherlands

0.223

0.158

6

0.135

7

0.486

4

(0.053)

(0.037)

 

(0.019)

 

(0.150)

 

16. The Middle East

0.064

0.217

20

0.038

20

0.184

18

(0.073)

(0.075)

 

(0.039)

 

(0.272)

 

17. Africa

0.121

0.192

17

0.092

14

0.167

19

(0.061)

(0.053)

 

(0.027)

 

(0.132)

 

18. Asia

0.201

0.174

8

0.130

9

0.342

12

(0.064)

(0.052)

 

(0.025)

 

(0.172)

 

19. Latin America

0.251

0.083

3

0.189

2

0.372

8

(0.086)

(0.082)

 

(0.039)

 

(0.146)

 

20. United States and Canada

0.254

0.183

2

0.188

3

0.391

7

(0.031)

(0.027)

 

(0.014)

 

(0.076)

 

All natives

 

0.140

 

0.090

 

0.222

 
 

(0.004)

 

(0.002)

 

(0.013)

 

All immigrants

0.207

  

0.129

 

0.386

 

(0.005)

  

(0.002)

 

(0.016)

 

Weighted average of mobility within immigrant groups

0.196

  

0.121

 

0.351

 
 

(0.005)

  

(0.002)

 

(0.017)

 
  1. Standard errors within parentheses.