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

Table 11 Robustness check: irregular aliens

	[1]	[2]	[3]
	Activity rate	Employment rate	Reservation wages (1)
			Percentage difference with respect to the CEEC group:
Central and Eastern European Countries	91.6	61.4
Central or Southern America	94.8	74.6	0.087***
Central or Southern America	94.8	74.6	(0.031)
Near East and North Africa	86.9	56.4	-0.251***
Near East and North Africa	86.9	56.4	(0.045)
Sub-Saharan Africa	92.0	59.6	-0.078**
Sub-Saharan Africa	92.0	59.6	(0.037)
East Asia	85.5	72.6	0.028
East Asia	85.5	72.6	(0.052)
Central Asia	88.8	57.7	-0.153
Central Asia	88.8	57.7	(0.103)
No. Obs.	1,303

Source: Authors’ calculations on ISMU dataset.
(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.