Table 1 Matching variables by ethnicity and gender

From: Differences in the labor market entry of second-generation immigrants and ethnic Danes

	Females					Males
	Ethnic Danes			2nd-generation		Ethnic Danes			2nd-generation
	All	West	Non-West	West	Non-West	All	West	Non-West	West	Non-West
Age	21.27	21.00	19.54	20.94	19.51	20.72	20.52	19.39	20.69	19.34
Test				0.25	0.40				-0.85	0.78
FATHER:
High School	0.41	0.24	0.20	0.23	0.21	0.42	0.29	0.20	0.28	0.20
Test				0.28	-0.69				0.45	-0.09
Short-range	0.05	0.04	0.03	0.05	0.03	0.05	0.05	0.02	0.05	0.03
Test				-0.14	-0.31				0.40	-0.83
Middle-range	0.10	0.11	0.03	0.10	0.04	0.11	0.10	0.04	0.12	0.04
Test				0.19	-1.48				-0.94	-1.80
Long-range	0.06	0.12	0.02	0.13	0.02	0.06	0.08	0.02	0.08	0.03
Test				-0.55	-0.20				-0.32	-1.69
Employed	0.87	0.83	0.59	0.82	0.58	0.88	0.78	0.59	0.78	0.59
Test				0.40	0.75				0.14	0.03
MOTHER:
High School	0.33	0.31	0.13	0.31	0.13	0.34	0.31	0.12	0.30	0.12
Test				0.06	-0.09				0.38	-0.19
Short-range	0.04	0.04	0.02	0.07	0.02	0.04	0.06	0.02	0.07	0.02
Test				-1.57	0.10				-0.58	-1.27
Middle-range	0.18	0.18	0.03	0.18	0.03	0.18	0.17	0.04	0.17	0.04
Test				-0.23	-0.62				0.08	-0.46
Long-range	0.03	0.06	0.01	0.07	0.01	0.03	0.04	0.01	0.07	0.01
Test				-0.99	-1.09				-2.36	-0.98
Employed	0.81	0.73	0.43	0.75	0.43	0.82	0.71	0.44	0.71	0.44
Test				-0.55	-0.20				-0.06	0.18
Year dum.	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Note: The 3 groups for ethnic Danish females are All: all Ethnic Danes, West: Ethnic Danish twins matched to the second-generation Western females, Non-West: Ethnic Danish twins matched to the second-generation non-Western females. The 2 groups for 2nd-generation immigrants are West: second-generation immigrants with parents born in Western countries and Non-West: second-generation immigrants with parents born in non-Western countries. Test: test for equality of coefficient for ethnic Danish twins and their 2nd-generation comparable group. Source: Sample of young individuals, 1996-2003 (Statistics Denmark data).

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