Table 4 Means for the main variables in the search model

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
Primary school	38611	124	1327	124	1327	51462	180	1769	180	1769
Duration, emp.	8.41	7.51	8.27	9.44	9.34	9.89	9.71	8.72	8.17	8.01
Test to all				-1.09	-12.07				3.52	46.33
Test to matched				-1.44	-7.83				1.49	7.44
Dur. unemp.	9.67	10.94	10.41	5.84	8.41	7.43	5.3	7.67	6.43	7.16
Test to all				4.3	4.44				1	1.75
Test to matched				1.05	3.44				-0.79	1.82
Yearly income	37006	33355	31685	31435	43378	53246	51579	45257	36006	45930
Test to all				0	0				0	0
Test to matched				0	0				0	0
High school	88884	306	1108	306	1108	63052	262	843	262	843
Duration, emp.	8.34	8.26	8.06	8.43	9.24	9.06	8.89	8.73	8.26	9.09
Test to all				-0.37	-8.25				0.84	-0.38
Test to matched				-0.31	-6.5				0.84	-1.41
Dur. unemp.	5.44	4.36	6.37	5.75	5.34	4.57	3.43	5.05	4.18	4.54
Test to all				-0.29	1.11				-2.13	-5.88
Test to matched				-0.98	4.1				-2.13	2.4
Yearly income	78488	75904	75467	76613	64914	87422	86081	81395	73678	78139
Test to all				0	0.01				0	0
Test to matched				0	0				0	0
Vocational educ	68895	127	589	127	589	82293	152	500	152	500
Duration, emp.	14.5	13.18	11.64	13.72	10.99	12.71	13.2	11.45	13.34	9.64
Test to all				0.38	9.92				-0.04	1.95
Test to matched				-0.12	0.91				-0.04	2.7
Dur. unemp.	4.54	5.75	4.63	4.14	5.79	3.21	3.5	4.35	4.26	5.21
Test to all				1.42	-7.37				-1.21	-3.3
Test to matched				1.53	-3.99				-1.21	-1.39
Yearly income	151681	149201	147114	156608	132160	189467	192604	184311	185585	156928
Test to all				0	0				0	0
Test to matched				0	0				0	0

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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