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Table 8 The impact of Mexican immigration on wages dependent variable: log hourly wage individual-level analysis: OLS

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

 

Pooled sample

Less than high school

High school dropouts

High school

College

Mexican occupation concentration

−0.034*** (0.008)

−0.024*** (0.004)

−0.016*** (0.004)

−0.03*** (0.006)

−0.066*** (0.014)

Age

0.080*** (0.005)

0.011* (0.006)

0.056*** (0.005)

0.055*** (0.003)

0.13*** (0.008)

Experience

−0.008* (0.005)

0.051*** (0.013)

0.003 (0.006)

 

−0.054***(0.008)

Experience *2/100

−0.220*** (0.011)

−0.14*** (0.050)

−0.159*** (0.018)

−0.144*** (0.014)

−0.247*** (0.013)

Experience*3/1000

0.024*** (0.001)

0.012** (0.005)

0.016*** (0.002)

0.014*** (0.002)

0.027*** (0.001)

Bachelor degree

0.019 (0.164)

    

Post bachelor

0.164*** (0.033)

    

Married

0.149*** (0.007)

0.123*** (0.016)

0.134*** (0.010)

0.16*** (0.009)

0.145*** (0.009)

Constant

0.396*** (0.083)

0.052** (0.191)

0.729*** (0.069)

0.829*** (0.062)

−0.496*** (0.149)

R 2

0.1885

0.0969

0.1232

0.1172

0.189

Number of obs.

232,523

9413

36,011

78,505

89,774

  1. Robust standard errors in parenthesis. Regression disturbance terms are clustered at the occupation level. A state of residence fixed effects is included in all the specifications, coefficients not reported. Regressions are run for black males with positive earnings, born in the USA, aged 18 to 64
  2. *Significantly different from zero at 90 % confidence; **significantly different from zero at 95 % confidence; ***significantly different from zero at 99 % confidence