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

Table 4 OLS estimates for logarithmic gross hourly wages, 1993-2009

	Full sample (I)	Full sample (II)	Full sample (III)	Natives only	Immigrants only
Immigrant	0.055***	-0.043***	0.057***	-	-
	(0.005)	(0.004)	(0.007)
Non-white	-0.194***	-0.096***	-0.097***	-0.101***	-0.240***
	(0.007)	(0.006)	(0.007)	(0.007)	(0.007)
Immigrant * Non-white	-0.072***	-0.190***	-0.145***	-	-
	(0.010)	(0.009)	(0.010)
English-speaking region	-	-	0.160***
			(0.008)
Years of education	-	0.080***	0.079***	0.084***	0.056***
		(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.001)
Potential work experience	-	0.048***	0.048***	0.049***	0.040***
		(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.001)
Potential work experience sqd/100	-	-0.001***	-0.001***	-0.001***	-0.001***
		(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)
Married	-	0.120***	0.122***	0.129***	0.060***
		(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.007)
Full-time	-	0.225***	0.224***	0.215***	0.286***
		(0.004)	(0.004)	(0.004)	(0.012)
Constant	1.759***	-0.311***	0.004	-0.367***	0.198***
	(0.008)	(0.013)	(0.014)	(0.013)	(0.061)
Observations	434,748	328,307	284,349	301,381	26,926
R ²	0.11	0.39	0.39	0.40	0.38

Standard errors in parentheses. *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.10. Region and year dummies are included in all models; the North and 1993 omitted. Industry is also included in Full sample (II & III), Natives only, and Immigrants only models.