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Table 4 Estimates by area of origin and by age at immigration a

From: Earnings differentials between immigrants and natives: the role of occupational attainment

 

Wage penalty

Return on pre-immigration work experience

 

Education

Post-migration work experience

Area of origin

   

Eastern Europe

−0.0419***

−0.0015

Ref

 

(0.001)

(0.001)

 

Africa

−0.0413***

−0.0045***

0.0002

 

(0.002)

(0.001)

(0.001)

Asia

−0.0454***

−0.0065***

−0.0012

 

(0.002)

(0.002)

(0.001)

Latin America

−0.0377***

−0.0047

−0.0004

 

(0.004)

(0.003)

(0.002)

Age at immigration

   

Less or equal to 20

−0.0386***

−0.0017

Ref

 

(0.003)

(0.001)

 

More than 20

−0.0424***

−0.0058***

−0.0011**

 

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

  1. Robust standard errors in parentheses.
  2. ***p<0.01, **p<0.05.
  3. aspecification as in columns 3 of Table 3.