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Table 5 Two-limit Tobit estimates of the impact of cohabiting with a native on household specialization

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

Variables

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Male immigrant

Female immigrant

Male immigrant

Female immigrant

Male immigrant

Female immigrant

Intermarriage

−0.3962***

−0.3440***

−0.1387**

−0.0227

−0.1935***

−0.0252

(0.0664)

(0.0714)

(0.0687)

(0.0780)

(0.0677)

(0.0798)

Own education

  

−0.0481***

−0.0872***

−0.0429***

−0.0765***

  

(0.0184)

(0.0165)

(0.0159)

(0.0174)

Differences in education

  

0.0898***

0.0315**

0.0849***

0.0328**

  

(0.0198)

(0.0148)

(0.0190)

(0.0147)

Experience

  

−0.3941***

0.0527

−0.3574***

0.2948

  

(0.0852)

(0.2305)

(0.0840)

(0.2006)

exp2

  

0.0007**

0.0010**

0.0004

0.0010**

  

(0.0004)

(0.0004)

(0.0003)

(0.0005)

Differences in age

  

0.0236**

0.0004

0.0242**

0.0031

  

(0.0104)

(0.0174)

(0.0099)

(0.0165)

Years in USA

  

0.3542***

−0.0920

0.3287***

−0.3331*

  

(0.0809)

(0.2278)

(0.0800)

(0.1974)

Family size

  

0.0480*

−0.0485

0.0479*

−0.0525

  

(0.0286)

(0.0324)

(0.0284)

(0.0319)

No. of children

  

0.0684

0.1492***

0.0509

0.1460***

  

(0.0444)

(0.0527)

(0.0433)

(0.0526)

Age of entry to USA

  

0.3582***

−0.1050

0.3326***

−0.3374*

  

(0.0822)

(0.2283)

(0.0813)

(0.1980)

Good English

  

−0.1085

−0.1904*

−0.1080

−0.1585

  

(0.0840)

(0.0971)

(0.0827)

(0.0967)

Lives in metro

  

−0.0408

0.0340

−0.0147

0.0482

  

(0.1509)

(0.1809)

(0.1401)

(0.1784)

Regional proportion

    

−0.0038

0.0031

    

(0.0032)

(0.0036)

Sex ratio

    

0.0071

0.0025

    

(0.0066)

(0.0019)

State FE

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Birthplace FE

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Sample Size

1070

1158

1070

1158

1070

1158

Pseudo log likelihood

−145,208

−161,117

−130,056

−145,433

−124,735

−141,688

Pseudo R-squared

0.0220

0.0132

0.124

0.109

0.160

0.132

  1. Robust standard errors in parentheses. All data is from the 2010 ACS. “Cohabiting” household is an unmarried couple living together. Variables included in the regression, but not in the table—family size, number of children, age of youngest child, dummy for being in school for self and partner, own and partner’s veteran status
  2. *p < 0.1; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01