Table 1 Means of variables, by immigration status, men with a university degree aged 25 to 34 in the base year, 1991 and 2006 cohorts

First-year earnings (2013 constant dollars)

60,303

31,025

24,294

63,099

36,730

31,343

Log first-year earnings

10.77

9.98

9.74

10.80

10.14

10.05

Years since the base year

10.36

9.46

10.12

3.50

3.43

3.52

Age in the base year

29.66

29.10

29.51

29.41

28.42

30.23

Graduate degrees

0.25

0.49

0.21

0.24

0.45

0.33

Months of study in a year

0.08

0.29

0.12

0.58

1.62

0.60

French

0.33

0.06

0.05

0.25

0.04

0.04

Other languages

…

0.03

0.23

…

0.01

0.08

Visible minorities

0.04

0.91

0.76

0.10

0.85

0.79

Atlantic region

0.07

0.03

0.01

0.06

0.03

0.01

Quebec

0.28

0.19

0.16

0.23

0.25

0.23

Manitoba and Saskatchewan

0.06

0.04

0.02

0.06

0.04

0.04

Alberta

0.11

0.10

0.08

0.11

0.15

0.13

British Columbia

0.09

0.17

0.18

0.11

0.13

0.13

Skilled worker class

…

0.62

0.29

…

0.77

0.69

Other economic class

…

0.03

0.06

…

0.05

0.10

Family class

…

0.25

0.43

…

0.14

0.19

Refugees

…

0.10

0.21

…

0.04

0.02

Regional unemployment rate (percentage)

7.29

7.06

6.82

5.96

5.98

5.99

No prior earnings in Canada

0.01

0.09

…

0.00

0.12

…

Low prior earnings

0.08

0.40

…

0.11

0.40

…

Medium prior earnings

0.29

0.37

…

0.32

0.35

…

High prior earnings

0.62

0.14

…

0.57

0.14

…

Years of prior Canadian work experience

7.04

2.97

…

7.34

3.16

…

Years of Canadian study

…

3.96

…

…

3.84

…

Sample size (unique persons)

4523

3176

4191

7714

7730

9615

Person-years

79,574

37,872

56,836

43,788

37,660

48,265