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Table 4 Proportion in categories of job match by years since migration (female ordered logit results)

From: Does it matter if immigrants work in jobs related to their education?

 

Traditional immigrants

Non-traditional immigrants

Canadian-born

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(1)

(2)

(3)

 

Closely

Somewhat

Not related

Closely

Somewhat

Not related

Closely

Somewhat

Not related

At means of covariates

0.586***

0.204***

0.211***

0.593***

0.199***

0.208***

0.666***

0.168***

0.166***

 

(0.087)

(0.029)

(0.029)

(0.050)

(0.017)

(0.017)

(0.003)

(0.001)

(0.001)

Years since migration

 

0.000

0.507***

0.225***

0.269***

0.443***

0.232***

0.325***

 

(0.345)

(0.044)

(0.044)

(0.165)

(0.019)

(0.019)

   

5.000

0.532***

0.219***

0.249***

0.483***

0.226***

0.291***

 

(0.220)

(0.040)

(0.040)

(0.097)

(0.019)

(0.019)

   

10.000

0.558***

0.212***

0.230***

0.523***

0.218***

0.258***

 

(0.129)

(0.034)

(0.034)

(0.051)

(0.017)

(0.017)

   

15.000

0.583***

0.205***

0.213***

0.563***

0.208***

0.229***

 

(0.072)

(0.028)

(0.028)

(0.031)

(0.015)

(0.015)

   

20.000

0.608***

0.197***

0.196***

0.603***

0.196***

0.201***

 

(0.049)

(0.025)

(0.025)

(0.037)

(0.015)

(0.015)

   

25.000

0.632***

0.188***

0.180***

0.641***

0.183***

0.177***

 

(0.055)

(0.024)

(0.024)

(0.063)

(0.018)

(0.018)

   

N (person-years)

1474

2178

43,021

  1. Note: significance level: *** p<0.01; ** p<0.05; * p<0.1. Data are from the SLID and include panels 2-7 for the years 2001-2011. The estimation sample is restricted to full-time full-year paid workers aged 18-64, with positive wages and who have at least one post-secondary education credential. The immigrant sample is restricted to workers whose age at arrival was 10 years or older. The dependant variable is job-relatedness and the explanatory variables include years of schooling, potential experience, years since migration and other socio-demographic controls. Non-traditional immigrants include those born in the following countries/regions: Middle-East, Caribbean, Mexico and Central America, Southern America, Asia, Southeast Asia and Africa. Traditional immigrants include those born in the following countries/regions: United Kingdom, United States, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Standard errors, adjusted for clustering at the individual level, are in parentheses and have been multiplied by 100