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Table 3 Are immigrants less satisfied?

From: (Why) are immigrants unhappy?

 

POLS

FE

POLS

FE

POLS

FE

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Age

0

−0.027***

−0.011***

−0.044***

−0.005

−0.029***

 

(0.002)

(0.003)

(0.002)

(0.003)

(0.003)

(0.006)

Male

−0.039

(omitted)

0.125**

(omitted)

0.103

(omitted)

 

(0.043)

 

(0.045)

 

(0.057)

 

Married

0.105

0.046

0.037

0.184**

0.081

0.085

 

(0.059)

(0.091)

(0.064)

(0.065)

(0.088)

(0.139)

Separated/divorced

−0.572***

0.004

−0.492***

−0.006

−0.510***

−0.03

 

(0.103)

(0.157)

(0.1)

(0.103)

(0.138)

(0.219)

Widowed

−0.248

−0.752*

−0.545**

−0.091

−0.848**

−1.898**

 

(0.151)

(0.317)

(0.191)

(0.214)

(0.296)

(0.669)

Years of education

0.033***

0.01

0.008

0.034*

−0.001

0.026

 

(0.008)

(0.029)

(0.01)

(0.017)

(0.012)

(0.057)

Employed (lagged)

0.224***

0

0.098*

0.05

0.182*

0.087

 

(0.041)

(0.049)

(0.043)

(0.035)

(0.078)

(0.093)

Immigrant

−0.276***

(omitted)

0.087

(omitted)

0.072

(omitted)

 

(0.055)

 

(0.061)

 

(0.09)

 

Works in occup.

  

0.131***

0.086**

0.012

0.006

   

(0.037)

(0.029)

(0.051)

(0.067)

Owner

  

0.238***

0.099*

0.178**

0.1

   

(0.044)

(0.048)

(0.062)

(0.12)

Children in household

  

−0.005

0.001

0.001

−0.055

   

(0.039)

(0.038)

(0.057)

(0.082)

Insecure job

    

−0.430***

−0.236***

     

(0.032)

(0.035)

Number of obs.

71,779

71,779

29,835

29,835

28,369

28,369

Number of ind.

8256

8256

3929

3929

3888

3888

  1. Note: Standard errors in parentheses (clustered at the individual level). * denotes significance at 5 %, ** at 1 % and *** at 0.1 %. Columns 3−6 also control for parental education, urban/rural childhood and health. 'POLS' refers to a pooled ordinary least squares specification, 'FE' to fixed effects