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Table 7 Effects of YSM on Danish and Math grades when controlling for years in employment and education (Basic OLS)

From: The impact of parents’ years since migration on children’s academic achievement

  

Danish exam

Math exam

  

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Mother: years since migration

5-9

0.035(*)

0.012

0.019

−0.003

 

−0.023

−0.044*

−0.035(*)

−0.057**

 
  

(0.018)

(0.018)

(0.018)

(0.019)

 

(0.020)

(0.021)

(0.021)

(0.021)

 
 

10-13

0.101***

0.058*

0.121***

0.080**

 

0.023

−0.016

0.055(*)

0.012

 
  

(0.025)

(0.027)

(0.028)

(0.031)

 

(0.028)

(0.030)

(0.032)

(0.035)

 
 

14+

0.192***

0.147***

0.238***

0.195***

 

0.098**

0.058(*)

0.156***

0.110**

 
  

(0.029)

(0.031)

(0.035)

(0.037)

 

(0.033)

(0.035)

(0.039)

(0.042)

 

Father: years since migration

5-9

0.041*

0.029

0.015

0.002

 

0.064**

0.047*

0.031

0.014

 
  

(0.017)

(0.018)

(0.018)

(0.018)

 

(0.020)

(0.020)

(0.020)

(0.021)

 
 

10-13

0.043(*)

0.016

0.007

−0.023

 

0.077**

0.043

0.050

0.012

 
  

(0.025)

(0.026)

(0.028)

(0.030)

 

(0.028)

(0.030)

(0.032)

(0.034)

 
 

14+

0.114***

0.083**

0.084*

0.050

 

0.148***

0.108***

0.144***

0.100*

 
  

(0.026)

(0.028)

(0.033)

(0.035)

 

(0.029)

(0.031)

(0.037)

(0.040)

 

Years of employment, mother

  

0.015***

 

0.016***

0.019***

 

0.012*

 

0.013**

0.012**

   

(0.004)

 

(0.004)

(0.004)

 

(0.005)

 

(0.005)

(0.005)

Years of employment, father

  

0.006**

 

0.007**

0.009***

 

0.008**

 

0.010***

0.011***

   

(0.002)

 

(0.002)

(0.002)

 

(0.003)

 

(0.003)

(0.003)

Years of education, mother

   

0.069***

0.068***

0.068***

  

0.050**

0.049**

0.039*

    

(0.016)

(0.016)

(0.015)

  

(0.018)

(0.018)

(0.017)

Years of education, father

   

0.070***

0.072***

0.071***

  

0.092***

0.094***

0.094***

    

(0.011)

(0.011)

(0.011)

  

(0.012)

(0.012)

(0.012)

N (students)

 

19,251

19,251

19,251

19,251

19,251

18,935

18,935

18,935

18,935

18,935

adj. R 2

 

0.151

0.152

0.154

0.155

0.154

0.133

0.134

0.137

0.137

0.136

  1. Standard errors in parentheses: (*) p < .10, * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001. The full set of controls is included in all regressions.