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

Table 9 Robustness check: family reunification visa

	[1]	[2]	[3]
	Activity rate	Employment rate	Reservation wages (1)
			Percentage difference with respect to the CEEC group:
Central and Eastern European Countries	54.4	42.8
Central or Southern America	68.1	55.3	0.067***
Central or Southern America	68.1	55.3	(0.023)
Near East and North Africa	27.0	22.6	0.015
Near East and North Africa	27.0	22.6	(0.016)
Sub-Saharan Africa	52.8	47.5	0.025
Sub-Saharan Africa	52.8	47.5	(0.020)
East Asia	53.0	50.5	-0.025
East Asia	53.0	50.5	(0.021)
Central Asia	28.6	16.5	-0.063***
Central Asia	28.6	16.5	(0.022)
No. Obs.	2,408

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.