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Table 7 OLS and QR results for immigrant-native wage decompositions a

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

 

OLS

Quantiles

  

0.10

0.25

0.50

0.75

0.90

(a) 1993-2009

      

Total differential

−0.059***

0.025**

−0.002

−0.049***

−0.095***

−0.126***

Characteristic effect

−0.140***

−0.082***

−0.130***

−0.182***

−0.237***

−0.289***

Coefficient effect

0.081***

0.108***

0.127***

0.134***

0.142***

0.162***

(as % of total differential)

(37%)

(57%)

(49%)

(42%)

(37%)

(36%)

(b) 1997

      

Total differential

−0.034*

0.109***

0.036*

−0.033*

−0.089***

−0.129***

Characteristic

−0.096***

−0.026

−0.104***

−0.171***

−0.228***

−0.272***

Coefficient

0.057***

0.135***

0.139***

0.138***

0.139***

0.144***

(as % of total differential)

(37%)

(84%)

(57%)

(45%)

(38%)

(35%)

(c) 2009

      

Total differential

0.087**

0.112***

0.144***

0.101***

0.015

−0.034*

Characteristic

−0.086***

−0.035**

−0.068***

−0.110***

−0.153***

−0.183***

Coefficient

0.173***

0.148***

0.213***

0.211***

0.168***

0.149***

(as % of total differential)

(67%)

(81%)

(75%)

(66%)

(52%)

(45%)

  1. *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.10. Number of observations: 328,307 (panel a); 26,946 (panel b); 22,368 (panel c). The total differential is equal to the characteristic (‘explained’) and coefficient (‘unexplained’) portions of the wage gap and any differences are due to rounding.
  2. a UK-born is the reference group.
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