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Table 5 Male hourly wage inequality: race, immigrant ethnicity, and age at arrival (selected coefficients)

From: Immigrant assimilation and male labor market inequality

 

Exper

Age

Afr. lang

Educ

State

All

Full

Non-Hispanic generation 3+

−0.17***

−0.183***

−0.183***

−0.183***

−0.199***

−0.199***

−0.199***

 

[0.0031]

[0.0031]

[0.0031]

[0.0031]

[0.0031]

[0.0031]

[0.0031]

Hispanic generation 3+

−0.117***

−0.12***

−0.12***

−0.12***

−0.126***

−0.126***

−0.127***

 

[0.0212]

[0.0210]

[0.0210]

[0.0210]

[0.0210]

[0.0210]

[0.0211]

Caribbean-English 2

−0.117***

−0.134***

−0.134***

−0.134***

−0.14***

−0.141***

−0.139***

 

[0.0257]

[0.0248]

[0.0248]

[0.0248]

[0.0248]

[0.0248]

[0.0248]

Caribbean-Spanish 2

−0.11***

−0.0989***

−0.0989***

−0.0991***

−0.107***

−0.107***

−0.109***

 

[0.0384]

[0.0376]

[0.0376]

[0.0376]

[0.0374]

[0.0374]

[0.0375]

Haiti 2

−0.178***

−0.177***

−0.177***

−0.177***

−0.169***

−0.17***

−0.168***

 

[0.0543]

[0.0542]

[0.0542]

[0.0542]

[0.0540]

[0.0540]

[0.0540]

African 2

−0.0912**

−0.11***

 

−0.11***

−0.134***

  
 

[0.0438]

[0.0420]

 

[0.0420]

[0.0422]

  

African-English 2

  

−0.16***

  

−0.181***

−0.185***

   

[0.0519]

  

[0.0520]

[0.0520]

African-Non-English 2

  

0.00745

  

−0.0278

−0.0263

   

[0.0684]

  

[0.0695]

[0.0690]

Other immigrants 2

−0.117***

−0.12***

−0.12***

−0.12***

−0.132***

−0.132***

−0.132***

 

[0.0257]

[0.0249]

[0.0249]

[0.0249]

[0.0249]

[0.0249]

[0.0249]

Citizen

0.00159

0.0294**

0.029**

0.0296**

0.0295**

0.0294**

0.0303**

 

[0.0150]

[0.0147]

[0.0147]

[0.0148]

[0.0147]

[0.0148]

[0.0148]

Caribbean-English

−0.0538***

−0.0502***

−0.05***

−0.0555***

−0.0516***

−0.0576***

−0.0589***

 

[0.0178]

[0.0176]

[0.0176]

[0.0198]

[0.0176]

[0.0199]

[0.0199]

Caribbean-Spanish

−0.118***

−0.138***

−0.138***

−0.143***

−0.148***

−0.153***

−0.154***

 

[0.0243]

[0.0236]

[0.0236]

[0.0246]

[0.0236]

[0.0247]

[0.0246]

Haiti

−0.223***

−0.227***

−0.227***

−0.232***

−0.214***

−0.219***

−0.22***

 

[0.0227]

[0.0223]

[0.0223]

[0.0237]

[0.0222]

[0.0236]

[0.0236]

African

−0.187***

−0.174***

 

−0.177***

−0.191***

  
 

[0.0184]

[0.0180]

 

[0.0193]

[0.0181]

  

African-English

  

−0.147***

  

−0.166***

−0.168***

   

[0.0219]

  

[0.0230]

[0.0230]

African-French

  

−0.267***

  

−0.28***

−0.28***

   

[0.0735]

  

[0.0734]

[0.0733]

African-Other lang.

  

−0.197***

  

−0.219***

−0.22***

   

[0.0227]

  

[0.0238]

[0.0238]

Other immigrants

−0.115***

−0.136***

−0.136***

−0.14***

−0.14***

−0.146***

−0.146***

 

[0.0201]

[0.0196]

[0.0196]

[0.0209]

[0.0196]

[0.0209]

[0.0209]

Arrived pre-1965

−0.103***

−0.176***

−0.176***

−0.172***

−0.175***

−0.17***

−0.172***

 

[0.0253]

[0.0251]

[0.0251]

[0.0260]

[0.0251]

[0.0260]

[0.0259]

Arrived 1965–1974

−0.122***

−0.214***

−0.214***

−0.21***

−0.218***

−0.214***

−0.215***

 

[0.0244]

[0.0242]

[0.0242]

[0.0248]

[0.0242]

[0.0247]

[0.0247]

Arrived 1975–1981

−0.111***

−0.187***

−0.188***

−0.184***

−0.189***

−0.186***

−0.186***

 

[0.0236]

[0.0234]

[0.0234]

[0.0239]

[0.0234]

[0.0239]

[0.0239]

Arrived 1982–1991

−0.142***

−0.196***

−0.196***

−0.193***

−0.2***

−0.197***

−0.197***

 

[0.0220]

[0.0218]

[0.0218]

[0.0224]

[0.0218]

[0.0224]

[0.0224]

Arrived 1992–2001

−0.138***

−0.176***

−0.175***

−0.173***

−0.177***

−0.174***

−0.173***

 

[0.0228]

[0.0225]

[0.0225]

[0.0229]

[0.0225]

[0.0230]

[0.0230]

Arrived 2002–2007

−0.125***

−0.153***

−0.153***

−0.151***

−0.159***

−0.155***

−0.155***

 

[0.0277]

[0.0274]

[0.0274]

[0.0278]

[0.0273]

[0.0278]

[0.0278]

Arrived 2008–2013

−0.134***

−0.179***

−0.175***

−0.176***

−0.186***

−0.179***

−0.181***

 

[0.0490]

[0.0478]

[0.0479]

[0.0482]

[0.0477]

[0.0480]

[0.0479]

Child (≤12)

0.0916***

0.156***

0.156***

0.151***

0.152***

0.147***

0.148***

 

[0.0228]

[0.0226]

[0.0226]

[0.0237]

[0.0226]

[0.0237]

[0.0237]

Adolescent (13–17)

0.0774***

0.0982***

0.0988***

0.0924***

0.0947***

0.0884***

0.0885***

 

[0.0247]

[0.0245]

[0.0245]

[0.0264]

[0.0245]

[0.0264]

[0.0264]

Emerging adult (18–25)

0.0212

0.0359

0.0357

0.0357

0.0331

0.0327

0.0324

 

[0.0221]

[0.0219]

[0.0219]

[0.0220]

[0.0219]

[0.0220]

[0.0220]

Young adult (26–34)

−0.0949***

−0.105***

−0.105***

−0.105***

−0.109***

−0.108***

−0.107***

 

[0.0233]

[0.0230]

[0.0230]

[0.0231]

[0.0230]

[0.0231]

[0.0230]

Advanced adult (35–44)

−0.149***

−0.166***

−0.168***

−0.166***

−0.168***

−0.169***

−0.168***

 

[0.0279]

[0.0276]

[0.0276]

[0.0276]

[0.0275]

[0.0276]

[0.0276]

Middle-age (45–54)

−0.199***

−0.193***

−0.194***

−0.192***

−0.196***

−0.196***

−0.196***

 

[0.0388]

[0.0375]

[0.0375]

[0.0375]

[0.0374]

[0.0374]

[0.0374]

Senior (55–64)

−0.113

−0.138

−0.134

−0.137

−0.131

−0.126

−0.124

 

[0.1103]

[0.1074]

[0.1074]

[0.1074]

[0.1080]

[0.1081]

[0.1079]

R-sq

0.4061

0.4216

0.4216

0.4216

0.4249

0.4249

0.4256

N

703,797

703,797

703,797

703,797

703,797

703,797

703,797

  1. Source: author’s calculations. March CPS, 1994–2013. Additional control variables also include citizenship status, educational status (11 years or less, 13–15 years, 16 years, 17 years or more), experience (binary variables for each 5-year interval from 6 to 35 years, plus a binary variable for more than 36 years of experience), age, age2, age3, marital status, region, size of city, health status, year fixed effects, state fixed effects, and state*trend interaction effects. Robust standard errors are reported in parentheses
  2. *p < 0.10; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01