Table 7 Estimates of intergenerational earnings mobility within pooled 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. Nordic countries | 0.192 | 0.128 | 4 | 0.116 | 4 | 0.346 | 3 |
(0.007) | (0.006) | (0.003) | (0.021) | ||||
2. Southern Europe and Turkey | 0.146 | 0.124 | 5 | 0.085 | 5 | 0.264 | 5 |
(0.028) | (0.026) | (0.012) | (0.103) | ||||
3. Eastern Europe | 0.226 | 0.158 | 1 | 0.138 | 3 | 0.395 | 2 |
(0.012) | (0.010) | (0.005) | (0.034) | ||||
4. Western Europe, US and Canada | 0.209 | 0.150 | 3 | 0.143 | 2 | 0.398 | 1 |
(0.013) | (0.010) | (0.006) | (0.037) | ||||
5. Africa and the Middle East | 0.086 | 0.193 | 6 | 0.064 | 6 | 0.137 | 6 |
(0.046) | (0.044) | (0.024) | (0.127) | ||||
6. Latin America and Asia | 0.222 | 0.144 | 2 | 0.154 | 1 | 0.274 | 4 |
(0.051) | (0.045) | (0.022) | (0.124) |