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Table 10 Robustness check: family ties

From: Skills or culture? An analysis of the decision to work by immigrant women in Italy

 

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Activity rate

Employment rate

Reservation wages (1)

   

Percentage difference with respect to the CEEC group:

Central and Eastern European Countries

60.8

45.4

 

Central or Southern America

72.1

65.7

-0.0126

(0.0128)

Near East and North Africa

24.7

19.9

-0.0234**

(0.00986)

Sub-Saharan Africa

51.7

44.3

0.0248**

(0.0110)

East Asia

66.6

60.1

0.0108

(0.0133)

Central Asia

24.5

16.0

-0.0438***

(0.0130)

No. Obs.

1,753

  1. Source: Authors’ calculations on ISMU dataset.
  2. (1) Percentage differences in computed reservation wages. Stars show significance levels, *** up to 1 per cent, ** between 1 per cent and 5 per cent, * between 5 per cent and 10 per cent. Mean differences are weighted according to the sample design.