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Table 6 Estimates of wage penalty (δ) for the 1982–1991 cohort, by age-on-arrival, ethnicity, and period

From: Immigrant assimilation and male labor market inequality

 

Full

1994–2001

2002–2007

2008–2013

 

Child (≤12)

−0.1079

−0.1121

−0.1147

−0.1360

Caribbean-English

Adolescent (13–17)

−0.1674

−0.1777

−0.2045

−0.1280

 

Emerging adult (18–25)

−0.2235

−0.2043

−0.2788

−0.1966

 

Young adult (26–34)

−0.3629

−0.3160

−0.4117

−0.3710

 

Advanced adult (35–44)

−0.4239

−0.3911

−0.5007

−0.3940

 

Middle-age (45–54)

−0.4519

−0.4031

−0.4937

−0.4580

 

Senior (55–64)

−0.3799

−0.4681

−0.3543

−0.3560

 

Child (≤12)

−0.2030

−0.2510

−0.2370

−0.1590

Caribbean-Spanish

Adolescent (13–17)

−0.2625

−0.3166

−0.3268

−0.1510

 

Emerging adult (18–25)

−0.3186

−0.3432

−0.4011

−0.2196

 

Young adult (26–34)

−0.4580

−0.4549

−0.5340

−0.3940

 

Advanced adult (35–44)

−0.5190

−0.5300

−0.6230

−0.4170

 

Middle-age (45–54)

−0.5470

−0.5420

−0.6160

−0.4810

 

Senior (55–64)

−0.4750

−0.6070

−0.4766

−0.3790

 

Child (≤12)

−0.2690

−0.2880

−0.2630

−0.2980

Haiti

Adolescent (13–17)

−0.3285

−0.3536

−0.3528

−0.2900

 

Emerging adult (18–25)

−0.3846

−0.3802

−0.4271

−0.3586

 

Young adult (26–34)

−0.5240

−0.4919

−0.5600

−0.5330

 

Advanced adult (35–44)

−0.5850

−0.5670

−0.6490

−0.5560

 

Middle-age (45–54)

−0.6130

−0.5790

−0.6420

−0.6200

 

Senior (55–64)

−0.5410

−0.6440

−0.5026

−0.5180

 

Child (≤12)

−0.2170

−0.2890

−0.2070

−0.2310

African-English

Adolescent (13–17)

−0.2765

−0.3546

−0.2968

−0.2230

 

Emerging adult (18–25)

−0.3326

−0.3812

−0.3711

−0.2916

 

Young adult (26–34)

−0.4720

−0.4929

−0.5040

−0.4660

 

Advanced adult (35–44)

−0.5330

−0.5680

−0.5930

−0.4890

 

Middle-age (45–54)

−0.5610

−0.5800

−0.5860

−0.5530

 

Senior (55–64)

−0.4890

−0.6450

−0.4466

−0.4510

 

Child (≤12)

−0.3290

−0.7790

0.0076

−0.3860

African-French

Adolescent (13–17)

−0.3885

−0.8446

−0.0822

−0.3780

 

Emerging adult (18–25)

−0.4446

−0.8712

−0.1565

−0.4466

 

Young adult (26–34)

−0.5840

−0.9829

−0.2894

−0.6210

 

Advanced adult (35–44)

−0.6450

−1.0580

−0.3784

−0.6440

 

Middle-age (45–54)

−0.6730

−1.0700

−0.3714

−0.7080

 

Senior (55–64)

−0.6010

−1.1350

−0.2320

−0.6060

 

Child (≤12)

−0.2690

−0.3630

−0.2070

−0.3060

African-Other language

Adolescent (13–17)

−0.3285

−0.4286

−0.2968

−0.2980

 

Emerging adult (18–25)

−0.3846

−0.4552

−0.3711

−0.3666

 

Young adult (26–34)

−0.5240

−0.5669

−0.5040

−0.5410

 

Advanced adult (35–44)

−0.5850

−0.6420

−0.5930

−0.5640

 

Middle-age (45–54)

−0.6130

−0.6540

−0.5860

−0.6280

 

Senior (55–64)

−0.5410

−0.7190

−0.4466

−0.5260

 

Child (≤12)

−0.1950

−0.1899

−0.2060

−0.2100

Other immigrants

Adolescent (13–17)

−0.2545

−0.2555

−0.2958

−0.2020

 

Emerging adult (18–25)

−0.3106

−0.2821

−0.3701

−0.2706

 

Young adult (26–34)

−0.4500

−0.3938

−0.5030

−0.4450

 

Advanced adult (35–44)

−0.5110

−0.4689

−0.5920

−0.4680

 

Middle-age (45–54)

−0.5390

−0.4809

−0.5850

−0.5320

 

Senior (55–64)

−0.4670

−0.5459

−0.4456

−0.4300

 
  1. Source: author’s calculations. March CPS, 1994–2013. Wage penalties computed from regressions in Table 5. Additional control variables also include binary variables for native-born Hispanic and non-Hispanic African-Americans of the third- or higher-generation immigrants, second-generation immigrants, cohort effects, 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), marital status, region, size of city, health status, and year fixed effects. All penalties are significant at p < 0.01