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Table 7 Estimates of wage penalty, by age-on-arrival, cohort, and ethnicity (selected coefficients)

From: Immigrant assimilation and male labor market inequality

 

Caribbean-English

Caribbean-Spanish

Haiti

African-English

African-French

African-Other

Other immig.

Arrived 1992–2001

 Child (≤12)

−0.0839

−0.1790

−0.2450

−0.1930

−0.3050

−0.2450

−0.1710

 Adolescent (13–17)

−0.1434

−0.2385

−0.3045

−0.2525

−0.3645

−0.3045

−0.2305

 Emerging adult (18–25)

−0.1995

−0.2946

−0.3606

−0.3086

−0.4206

−0.3606

−0.2866

 Young adult (26–34)

−0.3389

−0.4340

−0.5000

−0.4480

−0.5600

−0.5000

−0.4260

 Advanced adult (35–44)

−0.3999

−0.4950

−0.5610

−0.5090

−0.6210

−0.5610

−0.4870

 Middle-age (45–54)

−0.4279

−0.5230

−0.5890

−0.5370

−0.6490

−0.5890

−0.5150

 Senior (55–64)

−0.3559

−0.4510

−0.5170

−0.4650

−0.5770

−0.5170

−0.4430

Arrived 1982–1991

 Child (≤12)

−0.1079

−0.2030

−0.2690

−0.2170

−0.3290

−0.2690

−0.1950

 Adolescent (13–17)

−0.1674

−0.2625

−0.3285

−0.2765

−0.3885

−0.3285

−0.2545

 Emerging adult (18–25)

−0.2235

−0.3186

−0.3846

−0.3326

−0.4446

−0.3846

−0.3106

 Young adult (26–34)

−0.3629

−0.4580

−0.5240

−0.4720

−0.5840

−0.5240

−0.4500

 Advanced adult (35–44)

−0.4239

−0.5190

−0.5850

−0.5330

−0.6450

−0.5850

−0.5110

 Middle-age (45–54)

−0.4519

−0.5470

−0.6130

−0.5610

−0.6730

−0.6130

−0.5390

 Senior (55–64)

−0.3799

−0.4750

−0.5410

−0.4890

−0.6010

−0.5410

−0.4670

Arrived 1975–1981

 Child (≤12)

−0.0969

−0.1920

−0.2580

−0.2060

−0.3180

−0.2580

−0.1840

 Adolescent (13–17)

−0.1564

−0.2515

−0.3175

−0.2655

−0.3775

−0.3175

−0.2435

 Emerging adult (18–25)

−0.2125

−0.3076

−0.3736

−0.3216

−0.4336

−0.3736

−0.2996

 Young adult (26–34)

−0.3519

−0.4470

−0.5130

−0.4610

−0.5730

−0.5130

−0.4390

 Advanced adult (35–44)

−0.4129

−0.5080

−0.5740

−0.5220

−0.6340

−0.5740

−0.5000

 Middle-age (45–54)

−0.4409

−0.5360

−0.6020

−0.5500

−0.6620

−0.6020

−0.5280

 Senior (55–64)

−0.3689

−0.4640

−0.5300

−0.4780

−0.5900

−0.5300

−0.4560

  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, 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 differentials are significant at p < 0.01