Age at immigration and high school dropouts

Table 4 Multinomial logit regression for schooling, young females*

Variable	FSU immigrants 1989-1994		FSU immigrants 1989-1994
	HSG (12 years)	ACD (13+ years)	HSG (12 years)	ACD (13+ years)
Age
Tel Aviv	0.0957 (0.2292)	0.0676 (0.2057)	0.0617 (0.2295)	0.0686 (0.2057)
Haifa	0.8171* (0.3321)	1.5462* (0.2987)	0.7712* (0.3322)	1.5254* (0.2989)
Jerusalem	0.1527 (0.32)	0.9726* (0.2639)	0.0895 (0.3201)	0.9594* (0.2638)
North	0.2904* (0.1454)	0.3037* (0.1305)	0.278** (0.1453)	0.306* (0.1304)
Center	0.389* (0.1336)	0.6262* (0.1191)	0.3689* (0.1338)	0.6265* (0.1192)
Judea, Samaria and Gaza	1.1891* (0.3489)	1.0399* (0.3314)	1.1521* (0.3485)	1.0312* (0.3313)
Time in Israel	0.024 (0.0786)	0.0446 (0.0707)	0.0278 (0.0784)	0.0497 (0.0705)
1992-94 Immigrant	-0.0752 (0.5824)	-0.3221 (0.5135)	-0.2095 (0.5846)	-0.3851 (0.5171)
Time in Israel for 1992-94 Immigrants	-0.0079 (0.0341)	-0.0222 (0.0303)	0.0019 (0.0343)	-0.0169 (0.0306)
Ages at arrival 6-9	2.0452* (0.2598)	1.3203* (0.2472)
Ages at arrival 10-13	1.4919* (0.1488)	1.1115* (0.1352)
Ages at arrival 14-15	0.8313* (0.1396)	0.617* (0.1232)
Age at arrival			-6.2381 (4.802)	-9.5815* (4.5781)
Age at arrival²			0.8597 (0.5909)	1.2479* (0.5606)
Age at arrival³			-0.0515** (0.0314)	-0.07* (0.0296)
Age at arrival⁴			0.0011** (0.0006)	0.0014* (0.0006)
Constant	-0.5088 (1.6849)	0.2236 (1.5174)	18.2017 (14.2412)	28.1641* (13.6281)
Year Fixed Effect	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Number of Observations	4,345		4,345
Log Likelihood	-3873.1296		-3868.7642
Pseudo R²	0.0543		0.0553

*Ages at arrival 6-18. Aged 25+ in the survey year. Conditonal on not studying at the time of the survey.
Dropped observations: Institutions and Bedouins, people with schooling over 30 or with missing schooling.
Omitted categories: South, Year 2011, Ages at arrival 16-18. Comparison group: HSD (0-11 years).
Standard errors appear in parentheses. *Significant at 5% level. **Significant at 10% level.
Source: CBS Labor Force Surveys 1996-2011.