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Table 8 Wage inequality by skill group (selected coefficients)

From: Immigrant assimilation and male labor market inequality

 

Education ≤12

Education >12

Non-Hispanic generation 3+

−0.186***

−0.204***

 

[0.0045]

[0.0043]

 

(32,948)

(30,237)

Hispanic generation 3+

−0.0935***

−0.163***

 

[0.0279]

[0.0324]

 

(670)

(516)

Caribbean-English 2

−0.151***

−0.132***

 

[0.0420]

[0.0306]

 

(277)

(546)

Caribbean-Spanish 2

−0.0633

−0.143***

 

[0.0616]

[0.0469]

 

(157)

(216)

Haiti 2

−0.0178

−0.237***

 

[0.0841]

[0.0685]

 

(87)

(151)

African 2-English

−0.201

−0.165***

 

[0.1358]

[0.0553]

 

(42)

(171)

African 2-non-English

−0.183*

0.0711

 

[0.1060]

[0.0886]

 

(37)

 

Other immigrants 2

−0.145***

−0.123***

 

[0.0454]

[0.0285]

 

(336)

(501)

Caribbean-English

0.0222

−0.183***

 

[0.0270]

[0.0299]

 

(1361)

(1396)

Caribbean-Spanish

−0.0688**

−0.296***

 

[0.0303]

[0.0430]

 

(767)

(370)

Haiti

−0.137***

−0.358***

 

[0.0319]

[0.0356]

 

(757)

(650)

African-English

−0.0339

−0.282***

 

[0.0430]

[0.0294]

 

(309)

(1222)

African-French

−0.0706

−0.432***

 

[0.1259]

[0.0866]

 

(17)

(57)

African-Other language

−0.11***

−0.342***

 

[0.0367]

[0.0320]

 

(555)

(957)

Other immigrants

−0.0533**

−0.294***

 

[0.0257]

[0.0355]

 

(1140)

(836)

Arrived pre-1965

−0.2***

−0.0869**

 

[0.0360]

[0.0378]

Arrived 1965–1974

−0.187***

−0.163***

 

[0.0342]

[0.0360]

Arrived 1975–1981

−0.172***

−0.136***

 

[0.0326]

[0.0349]

Arrived 1982–1991

−0.2***

−0.149***

 

[0.0312]

[0.0322]

Arrived 1992–2001

−0.159***

−0.153***

 

[0.0312]

[0.0336]

Arrived 2002–2007

−0.128***

−0.158***

 

[0.0375]

[0.0408]

Arrived 2008–2013

−0.0985

−0.206***

 

[0.0680]

[0.0673]

Child (≤12)

0.154***

0.0873**

 

[0.0325]

[0.0347]

Adolescent (13–17)

0.0902**

0.0529

 

[0.0357]

[0.0389]

Emerging adult (18–25)

0.000852

0.0478

 

[0.0303]

[0.0318]

Young adult (26–34)

−0.107***

−0.097***

 

[0.0320]

[0.0329]

Advanced adult (35–44)

−0.168***

−0.144***

 

[0.0376]

[0.0406]

Middle-age (45–54)

−0.105**

−0.265***

 

[0.0491]

[0.0560]

Senior (55–64)

−0.212**

−0.0884

 

[0.1070]

[0.2465]

R-sq

0.4064

0.3427

N

298,501

405,296

  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) or 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 brackets. Numbers of observations within cell are reported in parentheses