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Table 2 Two-limit Tobit estimates for the impact of intermarriage on household market hour specialization

From: Household labor supply and intermarriage of immigrants: differences by gender

 

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Variables

Male immigrant

Female immigrant

Male immigrant

Female immigrant

Male immigrant

Female immigrant

Male immigrant

Female immigrant

Intermarriage

−0.2187***

−0.1158***

−0.1419***

0.0971***

−0.1334***

0.1036***

−0.1726***

0.0642***

(0.0169)

(0.0172)

(0.0183)

(0.0185)

(0.0183)

(0.0190)

(0.0196)

(0.0048)

Own education

  

−0.0375***

−0.0403***

−0.4818***

−0.0705

−0.3574**

−0.0807

  

(0.00223)

(0.0026)

(0.1068)

(0.2316)

(0.1449)

(0.2292)

Difference in education

  

0.0647***

0.0105***

0.0786***

−0.0017

0.0758***

−0.0008

  

(0.0041)

(0.0037)

(0.0049)

(0.0046)

(0.0049)

(0.0010)

Experience

  

−0.0180***

−0.0088***

−0.5584***

−0.0871

−0.4079***

−3.8502***

  

(0.0032)

(0.0030)

(0.0802)

(0.2358)

(0.1013)

(0.0003)

exp2

  

0.0002***

0.0003***

0.0004***

0.0005***

0.0004***

0.0004***

  

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

(0.0000)

Difference in age

  

0.0165***

−0.0055

0.0149***

−0.0002

0.0123***

−0.0032***

  

(0.0022)

(0.0040)

(0.0024)

(0.0043)

(0.0024)

(0.0007)

Years in USA

  

0.0011

−0.0032***

0.0002

−0.0054***

0.0008

−0.0060***

  

(0.0010)

(0.0010)

(0.0011)

(0.0011)

(0.0011)

(0.0002)

Good English

  

−0.0408**

−0.1600***

−0.0189

−0.0786**

−0.0083

−0.0673***

  

(0.0193)

(0.0206)

(0.0348)

(0.0384)

(0.0354)

(0.0065)

Family size

    

−0.0142*

−0.0316***

−0.0121

−0.0290***

    

(0.0075)

(0.0080)

(0.0076)

(0.0014)

No. of children

    

0.0948***

0.1139***

0.0893***

0.1130***

    

(0.0116)

(0.0125)

(0.0116)

(0.0023)

Age of youngest child

    

−0.0002

−0.0001

−0.0003

0.0001

    

(0.0003)

(0.0003)

(0.0003)

(0.0000)

Marriage duration

    

0.5081***

0.0624

0.3594***

0.0606

    

(0.0793)

(0.2354)

(0.1013)

(0.2345)

Age at marriage

    

0.5077***

0.0587

0.3614***

0.0584

    

(0.0792)

(0.2354)

(0.1012)

(0.2345)

Lives in metro

      

−0.0003

0.0001

      

(0.0003)

(0.0000)

Regional own group

      

0.0008

−0.0013***

      

(0.0009)

(0.0002)

Sex ratio = #F/#M

      

0.0054

0.0060***

      

(0.0051)

(0.0015)

Observations

33,875

26,913

33,875

26,913

33,875

26,913

33,875

26,913

State FE

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Birthplace FE

No

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Pseudo log likelihood

−4.138e+06

−3.231e+06

−4.061e+06

−3.140e+06

−4.046e+06

−3.124e+06

−4.012e+06

−3.103e+06

Pseudo R-squared

0.00281

0.000953

0.0213

0.0293

0.0247

0.0338

0.0324

0.0416

  1. Robust standard errors in parentheses. All data from the 2010 ACS. Variables included in the regressions in column 5, 6, 7, and 8, but not in the table—dummy for being in school for self and spouse, own and spousal veteran status
  2. *p < 0.1; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01