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Table B1 Regression coefficients—control variables

From: Human capital quality and the immigrant wage gap

Variables

Native Males

Immigrant Males

Native Females

Immigrant Females

Model 1

Model 1

Model 4

Model 1

Model 1

Model 4

Coeff.

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Coeff.

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Coeff.

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Coeff.

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Coeff.

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Coeff.

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Constant term

5.100

1007.

5.478

404.1

5.343

228.2

4.617

828.9

5.144

348.5

5.001

237.5

Atlantic

-0.253

87.9

-0.142

9.4

-0.223

14.7

-0.242

87.9

-0.180

12.0

-0.231

15.8

Quebec

-0.145

47.1

-0.273

35.2

-0.227

30.0

-0.154

52.3

-0.252

34.5

-0.21

27.3

Prairies

-0.164

56.9

-0.201

24.1

-0.199

26.9

-0.135

47.3

-0.162

19.3

-0.161

18.5

Alberta

0.077

27.9

0.037

6.2

0.021

3.1

-0.012

4.3

-0.078

9.5

-0.059

9.9

B.C.

-0.042

16.1

-0.077

15.7

-0.098

17.8

-0.054

20.6

-0.072

15.5

-0.080

14.2

Urban

0.029

15.6

-0.134

17.0

0.002

0.2

0.071

37.0

-0.053

6.4

0.040

4.8

Married

0.214

127.4

0.121

28.5

0.174

38.3

0.036

23.3

-0.021

5.9

0.018

5.1

Knowledge of official languages (Reference category: English only)

French only

-0.087

24.7

-0.089

7.4

-0.105

8.7

-0.073

21.7

-0.038

3.2

-0.041

3.3

English & French

0.019

7.2

0.126

18.3

0.03

4.8

0.064

26.6

0.166

26.2

0.083

12.3

None

-0.196

4.2

-0.357

27.7

-0.149

7.1

-0.129

2.6

-0.242

21.7

-0.094

7.3

Countries of birth (Reference category: United States)

Central America

    

-0.091

4.1

    

-0.103

5.7

Haiti

    

-0.084

3.4

    

-0.029

1.4

Jamaica

    

-0.065

3.4

    

-0.005

0.3

Trinidad

    

-0.095

4.9

    

-0.004

0.3

Other Caribbean

    

-0.125

6.2

    

-0.048

2.9

Guyana

    

-0.017

0.7

    

0.029

1.5

Other S. America

    

-0.045

2.4

    

-0.064

3.9

France

    

0.051

2.7

    

0.027

1.6

Germany

    

0.013

0.7

    

-0.013

0.8

Other W. Europe

    

0.029

1.6

    

-0.034

2.4

Romania

    

0.085

2.8

    

0.069

3.0

Poland

    

0.001

0.1

    

-0.050

3.1

Ukraine

    

-0.092

2.9

    

-0.105

4.0

Russia

    

-0.072

2.4

    

-0.096

4.1

Hungary

    

-0.025

0.7

    

-0.046

1.6

Other E. Europe

    

-0.058

1.7

    

-0.032

1.6

U.K.

    

0.091

5.1

    

0.041

3.9

Other N. Europe

    

0.087

3.3

    

0.053

3.0

Greece

    

-0.144

5.0

    

-0.070

3.8

Italy

    

0.045

2.6

    

-0.004

0.3

Portugal

    

0.076

4.3

    

0.011

0.8

Other S. Europe

    

0.059

2.8

    

0.023

1.4

West Africa

    

0.030

1.1

    

0.033

1.1

East Africa

    

0.015

0.6

    

0.039

1.7

Algeria

    

-0.069

2.1

    

0.018

0.6

Egypt

    

0.093

3.1

    

0.071

2.5

Morocco

    

0.053

1.9

    

0.045

1.4

Other N. Africa

    

-0.051

1.6

    

-0.001

0.0

Southern Africa

    

0.287

8.9

    

0.178

6.3

Lebanon

    

-0.063

2.1

    

-0.068

2.9

Afghanistan

    

-0.263

7.8

    

-0.145

4.4

Iran

    

-0.107

3.9

    

-0.065

2.9

Iraq

    

-0.085

2.4

    

-0.086

2.3

Other W.C. Asia

    

0.015

0.7

    

-0.007

0.3

China

    

-0.014

0.4

    

0.052

2.3

Hong Kong

    

-0.104

4.3

    

0.034

2

South Korea

    

-0.214

6.7

    

-0.059

2.0

Taiwan

    

-0.125

4.1

    

-0.038

1.2

Other E. Asia

    

-0.059

1.8

    

-0.058

1.9

Philippines

    

-0.122

5.9

    

-0.030

1.7

Vietnam

    

.0004

0.1

    

0.019

0.8

Other S.E. Asia

    

0.017

0.7

    

0.060

3.0

India

    

0.055

2.4

    

-0.020

1.0

Sri Lanka

    

-0.082

3.7

    

-0.099

5.0

Pakistan

    

-0.075

2.8

    

-0.071

2.8

Bangladesh

    

-0.233

7.6

    

-0.271

7.8

Others

    

0.000

0.0

    

0.009

0.5