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Table 3 Summary statistics of analytical sample

From: From the bottom to the top: a more complete picture of the immigrant-native wage gap in Britain

Variable

Natives

Immigrants

 

Mean

Std. Dev.

Mean

Std. Dev.

Unconditional log hourly wages:

  

 10th %-ile

1.56

 

1.54

 

 25th %-ile

1.86

 

1.83

 

 50th %-ile

2.16

 

2.23

 

 Mean

2.24

 

2.28

 

 75th %-ile

2.62

 

2.70

 

 90th %-ile

2.98

 

3.13

 

Human capital and socio-economic characteristics

 Years of full-time education

12.53

2.74

14.72

3.95

 Years of potential work experience

22.98

12.33

19.35

11.72

 Full-time

0.94

0.25

0.91

0.29

 Living as a couple (married, partnership)

0.61

0.49

0.65

0.48

 Non-white

0.02

0.13

0.46

0.50

 Years since immigrated

  

19.60

15.68

 Non-English speaking country

  

0.77

0.42

Industry

    

 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing

1.50

 

0.72

 

 Mining and Quarrying

0.95

 

0.65

 

 Manufacturing

31.97

 

22.93

 

 Electricity, Gas, Air Cond Supply

1.63

 

0.67

 

 Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste

0.10

 

0.08

 

 Construction

0.67

 

0.52

 

 Wholesale, Retail, Repair of Vehicles

0.89

 

1.15

 

 Transport and Storage

12.26

 

11.08

 

 Accommodation and Food Services

3.36

 

10.29

 

 Information and Communication

0.29

 

0.53

 

 Financial and Insurance Activities

5.36

 

5.65

 

 Real Estate Activities

11.93

 

15.16

 

 Prof, Scientific, Technical Activities

0.39

 

0.61

 

 Admin and Support Services

0.27

 

0.50

 

 Public Admin and Defence

10.61

 

6.97

 

 Education

6.69

 

6.84

 

 Health and Social Work

5.58

 

10.62

 

 Arts, Entertainment and Recreation

0.14

 

0.11

 

 Other Service Activities

5.25

 

4.25

 

 Households as Employers

0.12

 

0.12

 

 Extraterritorial Organisations

0.04

 

0.56

 

Region of residence

    

 North

0.06

 

0.02

 

 North West

0.10

 

0.06

 

 Yorkshire & the Humber

0.10

 

0.07

 

 East Midlands

0.08

 

0.06

 

 West Midlands

0.10

 

0.08

 

 East

0.04

 

0.04

 

 London

0.08

 

0.32

 

 South East

0.21

 

0.22

 

 South West

0.09

 

0.07

 

 Wales

0.05

 

0.02

 

 Scotland

0.10

 

0.05

 

N

301,381

 

26,926

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