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Table 11 Robustness of O-B decompositions

From: Labor market mobility and the early-career outcomes of immigrant men

 

Visible minority immigrants

White immigrants

Visible minority Canadian-born

(1)

(2)

(3)

Log wage growth for white Canadians

0.083***

0.083***

0.083***

(0.007)

(0.007)

(0.007)

Log wage growth for minority group

0.052*

0.089***

0.009

(0.029)

(0.030)

(0.030)

Raw gap in log wage growth

0.030

− 0.005

0.073**

(0.030)

(0.031)

(0.031)

Explained

− 0.008

− 0.024*

− 0.004

(0.010)

(0.014)

(0.011)

Unexplained

0.039

0.018

0.078**

(0.029)

(0.027)

(0.032)

Explained by differences in characteristics

 Transition: new employer

− 0.002

− 0.012

0.002

(0.009)

(0.011)

(0.006)

 Transition: promoted

0.004*

0.001

0.002

(0.002)

(0.001)

(0.002)

 Demographics

− 0.001

− 0.005

0.007*

(0.008)

(0.007)

(0.004)

 Education

− 0.006

− 0.003

− 0.005

(0.007)

(0.005)

(0.004)

 Experience

− 0.002

− 0.002

0.003

(0.002)

(0.002)

(0.004)

 Occupation

0.005

0.007

0.000

(0.005)

(0.005)

(0.005)

 Industry

− 0.007

− 0.004

− 0.010

(0.004)

(0.004)

(0.006)

Explained by differences in returns to characteristics

 Transition: new employer

0.009

0.006

0.013

(0.016)

(0.015)

(0.016)

 Transition: promoted

0.000

0.008

0.025

(0.013)

(0.011)

(0.022)

 Demographics

0.124

− 2.539***

1.146

(1.342)

(0.948)

(1.779)

 Education

− 0.002

− 0.006

− 0.020

(0.044)

(0.019)

(0.040)

 Experience

0.029

0.024

0.015

(0.088)

(0.072)

(0.060)

 Occupation

− 0.008

− 0.009

0.016

(0.027)

(0.024)

(0.022)

 Industry

0.014

0.000

− 0.067*

(0.034)

(0.025)

(0.036)

  1. Notes: The sample includes only immigrants who entered Canada prior to their first 3 years in the labor force. See the notes to Table 7 for additional details
  2. *Significant at the 10% level; **significant at the 5% level; ***significant at the 1% level