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Table 7 1990 Firm determinants of immigrant concentration, 1993-1997

From: Do high-skill immigrants raise productivity? Evidence from Israeli manufacturing firms, 1990-1999

 

Share immigrants in 1993

Share immigrants in 1997

Share immigrants in 1993

 

All available firms

All available firms

All firms in 1997 sample

Number employed: 10-24

0.009 (0.014)

0.001 (0.013)

0.008 (0.053)

-0.006 (0.057)

0.051 (.044)

0.024 (0.044)

Number employed: 25-49

0.039** (0.152)

0.028* (0.015)

-0.006 (0.042)

-0.017 (0.055)

0.127** (0.044)

0.089** (0.041)

Number employed: 50-99

0.034** (0.015)

0.022 (0.015)

-0.045 (0.044)

-0.048 (0.050)

0.062 (0.042)

0.040 (0.041)

Number employed: 100+

0.011 (0.015)

-0.002 (0.015)

-0.010 (0.047)

-0.037 (0.049)

0.025 (0.040)

-0.006 (0.038)

Log (K/L)

0.032* (0.009)

0.022** (0.008)

0.047 (0.027)

0.056* (0.029)

0.015 (0.013)

0.014 (0.013)

Log Wage

-0.052** (0.018)

-0.044** (0.016)

0.131** (0.055)

0.086** (0.042)

-0.053* (0.031)

-0.038 (0.030)

Log value added per worker

0.014 (0.015)

0.019 (0.013)

-0.158** (0.062)

-0.140** (0.054)

0.019 (0.021)

0.015 (0.021)

Output share in 3-digit industry

-0.131** (0.065)

-0.129* (0.066)

-0.246** (0.149)

-0.161 (0.136)

-0.056 (0.064)

-0.081 (0.066)

Three-firm concentration index (3-digit industry)

0.078** (0.037)

0.081** (0.039)

-0.020 (0.114)

0.061 (0.121)

-0.034 (0.050)

0.07 (0.055)

Output share × Concentration index

-0.216** (0.096)

-0.206** (0.101)

0.06 (0.218)

0.143 (0.221)

-0.088 (0.086)

-0.116 (0.085)

Import penetration index (3-digit industry)

0.099** (0.038)

0.119** (0.045)

0.264** (0.135)

0.364** (0.132)

0.015 (0.057)

0.021 (0.059)

Avg. years of schooling in 3-digit industry

-0.021** (0.008)

-0.017 (0.011)

0.013 (0.022)

0.042 (0.030)

-0.014 (0.011)

0.001 (0.017)

High tech

0.047 (0.029)

-

0.011 (0.087)

-

0.009 (0.043)

-

Medium-high tech

0.041* (0.022)

-

0.029 (0.066)

-

0.020 (0.032)

-

Medium-low tech

0.061** (0.014)

-

0.153** (0.052)

-

0.020 (0.027)

-

Any R&D

0.000 (0.014)

0.00 (0.014)

-0.026 (0.031)

-0.024 (0.033)

0.004 (0.021)

-0.008 (0.021)

Region dummies

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

2- digit industry dummies

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

N

1704

1704

616

616

609

609

R2

0.107

0.198

0.358

0.475

0.140

0.234

  1. Note: Entries in the table represent weighted least squares coefficients, where the weights are the CBS sampling weights. Robust standard errors in parentheses.
  2. *: Statistically different from 0 at the 10% level.
  3. **: Statistically different from 0 at the 5% level.