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

Table 6 Reservation wage differences across nationalities (baseline sample)

	[1]	[2]	[3]
	Activity rate	Employment rate	Reservation wages (1)
			Percentage difference with respect to the CEEC group:
Central and Eastern European Countries	79.8	69.9
Central or Southern America	85.3	73.4	0.029***
Central or Southern America	85.3	73.4	(0.006)
Near East and North Africa	47.0	40.5	-0.096***
Near East and North Africa	47.0	40.5	(0.007)
Sub-Saharan Africa	76.4	66.6	-0.003
Sub-Saharan Africa	76.4	66.6	(0.007)
East Asia	76.9	71.2	0.045***
East Asia	76.9	71.2	(0.009)
Central Asia	35.1	27.5	-0.143***
Central Asia	35.1	27.5	(0.011)
No. Obs.	10,459

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.