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Table 3 Share higher education as a function of share foreign labor force

From: How skilled immigration may improve economic equality

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Upper secondary and higher

Post-secondary and higher

OLS

OLS

Random effects

OLS

OLS

Random effects

Share of foreign labor force

0.91**

1.14**

0.65**

2.62**

2.88**

1.43**

(0.29)

(0.30)

(0.23)

(0.33)

(0.43)

(0.42)

Share of population 15-64 years of age

 

1.99

-0.16

 

1.85

-0.16

 

(1.57)

(0.46)

 

(1.77)

(0.86)

Government size

 

1.79**

-0.57**

 

1.38*

-1.58**

 

(0.56)

(0.27)

 

(0.76)

(0.50)

GDP per capita, 1000 s USD

 

0.68**

-0.00

 

0.47**

-0.13**

 

(0.14)

(0.03)

 

(0.18)

(0.06)

Year dummies

 

Yes

Yes

 

Yes

Yes

Constant

66.28**

-112.35

85.60**

37.51**

-110.04

87.21

(2.75)

(115.00)

(34.39)

(2.71)

(128.11)

(63.90)

Observations

110

110

109

110

110

109

R-squared

0.04

0.27

0.73a

0.22

0.30

0.52a

  1. Robust standard errors in parentheses. *significant at 10%; **significant at5%.
  2. aWithin R-squared.