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Table 4 Gini coefficient as a function of labor force quality

From: How skilled immigration may improve economic equality

 

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Upper secondary and higher

Post-secondary and higher

OLS

Quality weighted

Random effects

OLS

Quality weighted

Random effects

Share of highly educated in the labor force

-0.83**

-0.75**

-0.81**

-0.31**

-0.32**

-0.29**

(0.16)

(0.17)

(0.17)

(0.13)

(0.12)

(0.13)

Share of highly educated in the labor force, sq/100

0.56**

0.49**

0.54**

0.24**

0.24**

0.22*

(0.15)

(0.14)

(0.14)

(0.11)

(0.11)

(0.12)

Inflation rate

0.21

0.18

0.18

0.11

0.09

0.08

(0.26)

(0.24)

(0.25)

(0.24)

(0.26)

(0.28)

Share of population

-0.52

-0.44

-0.60

-0.68

-0.44

-0.78

15-64 years of age

(0.48)

(0.48)

(0.49)

(0.57)

(0.51)

(0.53)

Unemployment rate

2.95**

2.92**

2.95**

2.09**

2.19**

2.11**

(0.83)

(0.52)

(0.54)

(0.71)

(0.56)

(0.59)

Women’s unemployment rate

-1.87**

-1.86**

-1.88**

-1.34**

-1.42**

-1.36**

(0.59)

(0.39)

(0.40)

(0.53)

(0.42)

(0.44)

Participation rate

0.11

0.32

0.16

0.47

0.67*

0.54

(0.40)

(0.39)

(0.39)

(0.34)

(0.38)

(0.41)

Women’s participation rate

-0.31

-0.44

-0.35

-0.47*

-0.59**

-0.52*

(0.32)

(0.30)

(0.31)

(0.24)

(0.28)

(0.30)

Share of labor force in agriculture

-0.34

-0.29

-0.32*

-0.20

-0.18

-0.16

(0.26)

(0.18)

(0.18)

(0.21)

(0.18)

(0.19)

Government size

-0.41

-0.36*

-0.40**

-0.43*

-0.36*

-0.41**

(0.25)

(0.19)

(0.19)

(0.23)

(0.19)

(0.20)

GDP per capita, 1000 s USD

0.06

0.05

0.05

-0.08

-0.08

-0.10

(0.06)

(0.07)

(0.08)

(0.07)

(0.07)

(0.08)

Gini definition controls

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Year dummies

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Constant

115.40**

99.31**

118.89**

93.42**

68.78*

95.98**

(34.24)

(34.20)

(34.02)

(40.97)

(35.82)

(37.06)

Observations

109

109

108

109

109

108

R-squared

0.70

0.71

0.70

0.62

0.66

0.62

  1. Robust standard errors in parentheses, *significant at 10%; **significant at5%.