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Table 5 Earnings and occupations

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

 

Natives

Immigrants

VARIABLES

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Education

0.0492***

0.0243***

0.0226***

0.0086***

0.0068***

0.0069***

 

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

Work experience

0.0082***

0.0058***

0.0058***

-

-

 
 

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

   

Pre-immigration work experience

-

-

 

0.0007*

0.0016***

0.0015***

    

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

Post-immigration work experience

-

-

 

0.0048***

0.0054***

0.0056***

    

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

Observations

86,800

86,800

 

7,182

7,182

7,182

R-squared

0.413

0.481

 

0.333

0.382

0.401

Personal and job characteristics

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Regional fixed-effects

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Industry fixed-effects and firm size

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

Occupations

NO

YES (2 digit)

YES (3 digit)

NO

YES (2 digit)

YES (3 digit)

  1. Robust standard errors in parentheses. Control for working time is included in all specifications.
  2. ***p<0.01, *p<0.1.