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Table 8 Percent of entry effect due to mismatch: traditional vs. non-traditional immigrants

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

 

Traditional

Non-traditional

 

Mismatch

Mismatch

Percent

Mismatch

Mismatch

Percent

 

not held

held

change

not held

held

change

 

constant

constant

(1) vs. (2)

constant

constant

(1) vs. (2)

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(1)

(2)

(3)

Male immigrants

 

Entry effect

−0.178***

−0.162***

−8.90%***

−0.324***

−0.289***

−11.00%***

 

(0.049)

(0.050)

(0.033)

(0.032)

(0.034)

(0.018)

Female immigrants

 

Entry effect

−0.263***

−0.226***

−14.10%***

−0.364***

−0.322***

−11.70%***

 

(0.043)

(0.046)

(0.036)

(0.027)

(0.029)

(0.018)

  1. Note: significance level: *** p<0.01; ** p<0.05; * p<0.1. Entry effects are predicted using the estimates reported in Tables 3 and 4 and are transformed using (eb-1) as suggested by Halvorsen and Palmquist (1980). Standard errors are calculated using the delta method