Earnings growth of Mexican immigrants: new versus traditional destinations

Kaushal, Neeraj; Shang, Ce

doi:10.1186/2193-9039-2-11

Table 2 Descriptive statistics: mexican men and women aged 18-64, CPS outgoing rotation 2001-2009

From: Earnings growth of Mexican immigrants: new versus traditional destinations

	Men						Women
	Mexico-born			Newly arrived Mexico-born			Mexico-born			Newly arrived Mexico-born
	Trad	New high growth	New low growth	Trad	New high growth	New low growth	Trad	New high growth	New low growth	Trad	New high growth	New low growth
Age	34.66	33.24~	32.01 ~ +	29.53	28.98~	28.69~	35.54	33.96~	32.71 ~ +	31.56	30.59~	29.36 ~ +
Education:
% less than high school	61.20	62.90~	60.45+	66.82	66.32	62.46 ~ +	60.22	60.50	59.79	61.17	61.34	59.84
% high school	24.72	25.32	28.92 ~ +	21.42	24.98~	27.96 ~ +	23.81	25.82~	26.55~	22.01	25.23~	26.82~
% some college	9.77	7.53~	6.53 ~ +	7.13	4.87~	5.54~	10.98	9.16~	7.95 ~ +	10.39	7.50~	6.56~
% college or higher	4.32	4.25	4.11	4.63	3.83	4.04	4.99	4.53	5.71 ~ +	6.42	5.93	6.78
% married	65.28	62.03~	56.54 ~ +	47.59	46.12	42.51 ~ +	68.06	69.13	67.90	63.88	66.51	64.10
Labor Market Outcomes
% currently employed	86.30	88.97~	89.29~	86.99	88.59	89.15~	45.54	45.94	48.52 ~ +	37.60	37.56	43.80 ~ +
Avg. hours worked per week	38.14	38.41	38.85 ~ +	38.11	37.75	38.58+	32.48	33.14~	33.77 ~ +	31.29	32.05	33.78 ~ +
Real wage	6.07	6.16	5.82 ~ +	5.16	5.36~	5.34~	5.10	5.08	4.89 ~ +	4.70	4.55	4.52
Log real wage	1.69	1.72~	1.67 ~ +	1.55	1.60~	1.59~	1.53	1.53	1.51+	1.46	1.44	1.45
Adjusted outcomes ¹
% currently employed	82.61	85.11~	84.31~	82.07	84.06	83.84	54.5	58.6~	56.93~	52.15	54.22	56.16~
Avg. hours worked per week	37.69	38.67~	39.18~	37.39	37.87	38.79	31.44	32.73~	32.83~	30.95	32.15	33.23~
Real wage	5.88	5.98	5.77	5.40	5.60	5.61	5.15	5.19	5.07	4.84	4.93	4.82
Log real wage	1.65	1.69	1.65	1.57	1.62	1.62~	1.52	1.53	1.52	1.48	1.51	1.49
Industry of employment
% working in agriculture	7.42	5.02~	8.13 ~ +	11.15	5.24~	8.91 ~ +	3.99	2.20~	3.14 ~ +	6.63	1.24~	3.66 ~ +
% working in manufacturing	17.73	9.42~	18.09+	15.71	8.75~	14.42+	18.27	9.62~	24.75 ~ +	17.87	10.68~	22.05 ~ +
% working in construction	23.15	36.23~	31.27 ~ +	26.10	39.80~	33.66 ~ +	1.15	1.53	1.47	1.46	2.32	2.08
% working in retail/trade/whole sale	21.46	19.81~	20.09~	23.01	22.49	21.25	26.51	29.99~	26.46+	29.89	36.53~	30.53+
% working in other industries	30.24	29.53	22.41 ~ +	24.04	23.72	21.76~	50.08	56.66~	44.18 ~ +	44.16	49.23~	41.68+
Internal Migration ¹
% moved	17.99	22.36~	24.38 ~ +	27.07	35.28~	34.71~	15.41	20.27~	21.45~	25.14	30.91~	33.26~
% Inter-state Migration	0.82	2.92~	3.79 ~ +	1.10	5.18~	5.69~	0.91	2.99~	3.77~	1.09	3.64~	5.08~
Adjusted% moved¹	17.43	20.38	21.38	23.86	31.29	30.21	16.64	20.63~	21.09~	23.54	28.16	29.22
Adjusted% Inter-state Migration¹	1.00	3.00~	3.71~	1.96	5.97	6.53~	1.27	3.25~	4.02~	1.30	3.91~	5.40~
N	15779	8964	14113	2568	2218	4582	15289	7534	9644	2367	1720	2744

Note: Traditional destinations (Trad) are defined as PMSAs with at least 4% of the population born in Mexico in 1990; new high growth destinations are non-traditional PMSAs with at least 4% population born in Mexico in 2000; new low-growth destinations are non-traditional PMSAs with less than 4% of the population born in Mexico in 2000. Newly arrived are immigrants in the US for 5 or fewer years. Samples are restricted to Mexicans who arrived in the US in 1980 or later. ¹Adjusted for age, education, industry of work, marital status, citizenship status of the foreign-born. + indicates that the means for new high-growth and low-growth destinations are significantly different at a 95% confidence interval. ~indicates that the means for traditional and new destinations (high or low-growth) are significantly different at a 95% confidence interval. ² Based on March CPS data.

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