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Table 6 Estimates of the relationship between black natives’ wages, Mexican shares in the local labor market, and ethnic/racial occupation density

From: Mexican immigration, occupational clustering, and the local labor market adjustment of African-American workers

Panel 1

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

    

Integrated

Hispanic dominated

OLS

All occupation

All occupation

All occupation

Occupation

Occupation

 Mexican shares in the MSA

0.005*** (0.0006)

 Mexican shares in the PUMA

−0.084*** (0.005)

−0.03*** (0.007)

−0.038*** (0.009)

−0.021* (0.012)

 Hispanic immigrant occupation density

−0.029*** (0.002)

−0.029*** (0.002)

−0.027*** (0.002)

−0.082*** (0.008)

−0.029*** (0.011)

 U.S.-born African-American occupation density

−0.095*** (0.004)

−0.095*** (0.003)

−0.094*** (0.003)

−0.124*** (0.005)

−0.081*** (0.005)

 U.S.-born White occupation density

0.186*** (0.004)

0.186*** (0.003)

0.184*** (0.004)

0.263*** (0.005)

0.212*** (0.011)

 MSA fixed effects

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Panel 2

     

2SLS

     

 Mexican shares in the MSA

0.005*** (0.0005)

 Mexican shares in the PUMA

−0.087*** (0.006)

−0.033*** (0.007)

−0.022* (0.009)

0.02 (−0.017)

 Hispanic immigrant occupation density

−0.015*** (0.002)

−0.014*** (0.002)

−0.013*** (0.002)

−0.083*** (0.008)

−0.029*** (−0.003)

 U.S.-born African-American occupation density

−0.089*** (0.003)

−0.089*** (0.003)

−0.088*** (0.003)

−0.124*** (0.005)

−0.08*** (−0.002)

 U.S.-born White occupation density

0.057*** (0.157)

0.0156*** (0.004)

0.155*** (0.004)

0.263*** (0.005)

0.212*** (0.011)

Lambda

−0.023*** (0.002)

−0.025*** (0.002)

−0.024*** (0.001)

0.117*** (0.027)

0.184*** (0.05)

MSA fixed effects

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Number of observations

235,918

235,918

235,918

151,979

83,946

  1. Note: Dependent variable is the log of hourly wages of African-American males. Other variables control for, not reported are age, experience, maried, education. Robust standard errors are reported in parentheses. ***significantly different from zero at 99 percent confidence. *significantly different from zero at 90 percent confidence