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Table 7 The effect of qualitative matching on wages—field of study and level of education (non-traditional immigrants)

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

Covariates

Males

Females

 

General

Specialized

College

University

General

Specialized

College

University

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(1) Immigrant

−0.390***

−0.485***

−0.367***

−0.668***

−0.483***

−0.425***

−0.472***

−0.536***

 

(0.102)

(0.059)

(0.080)

(0.062)

(0.056)

(0.070)

(0.060)

(0.064)

(2) Experience

0.032***

0.030***

0.030***

0.033***

0.031***

0.027***

0.027***

0.036***

 

(0.002)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.002)

(0.002)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.002)

(3) (Experience)2/100

−0.055***

−0.050***

−0.050***

−0.058***

−0.056***

−0.049***

−0.047***

−0.069***

 

(0.006)

(0.003)

(0.003)

(0.005)

(0.004)

(0.003)

(0.003)

(0.004)

(4) Years of schooling

0.042***

0.047***

0.033***

0.021***

0.058***

0.062***

0.045***

0.026***

 

(0.003)

(0.002)

(0.002)

(0.003)

(0.003)

(0.002)

(0.002)

(0.002)

(5) Years since migration

0.006

0.018***

0.011

0.023***

0.006

0.012*

0.009

0.016**

 

(0.012)

(0.007)

(0.010)

(0.007)

(0.007)

(0.007)

(0.007)

(0.008)

(6) (Years since migration)2/100

0.003

−0.035*

−0.016

−0.037**

0.004

0.002

0.007

−0.016

 

(0.029)

(0.018)

(0.026)

(0.016)

(0.019)

(0.018)

(0.016)

(0.022)

(7) Somewhat related

0.167***

0.127***

0.111***

0.176***

0.145***

0.161***

0.114***

0.209***

 

(0.016)

(0.011)

(0.010)

(0.020)

(0.012)

(0.014)

(0.010)

(0.019)

(8) Closely related

0.220***

0.193***

0.175***

0.240***

0.225***

0.328***

0.212***

0.338***

 

(0.016)

(0.009)

(0.008)

(0.020)

(0.012)

(0.012)

(0.009)

(0.018)

(9) Somewhat related × immigrant

0.049

0.093**

0.013

0.150***

0.131***

0.006

0.071*

0.059

 

(0.062)

(0.045)

(0.049)

(0.052)

(0.042)

(0.048)

(0.040)

(0.048)

(10) Closely related × immigrant

0.147***

0.199***

0.030

0.298***

0.108***

0.050

0.071*

0.056

 

(0.053)

(0.037)

(0.038)

(0.043)

(0.039)

(0.046)

(0.038)

(0.044)

N(person-years)

 

Canadian-born

10,969

29,097

27,800

13,015

18,175

23,381

27,613

15,408

Immigrant

748

1719

1000

1502

1009

1136

1093

1085

R 2

0.2898

0.313

0.2465

0.287

0.3086

0.368

0.2824

0.318

  1. Note: significance level: *** p<0.01; ** p<0.05; * p<0.1. Pooled OLS estimates. The estimation sample spans panels 2-7 (2001-2011)and 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 dependent variable is the natural logarithm of hourly wages. Wages are adjusted for inflation using the provincial all-items CPI for base year 2002. All regressions include a constant and controls for survey year, panel, marital status, no English or French mother tongue, region (British Columbia, Prairies, Ontario, Québec, Maritimes), Major Cities(Toronto, Montréal, Vancouver) and field of study. 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