Table 7 Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition of the wage growth gap between white natives and members of minority groups
From: Labor market mobility and the early-career outcomes of immigrant men
Visible minority immigrant | White immigrant | 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 | 0.066** | 0.095*** | 0.009 |
(0.026) | (0.027) | (0.030) | |
Raw gap in log wage growth | 0.017 | − 0.011 | 0.073** |
(0.027) | (0.028) | (0.031) | |
Explained | − 0.014 | − 0.026* | − 0.004 |
(0.010) | (0.013) | (0.011) | |
Unexplained | 0.032 | 0.014 | 0.078** |
(0.026) | (0.025) | (0.032) | |
Explained by differences in characteristics | |||
Transition: new employer | − 0.004 | − 0.013 | 0.002 |
(0.008) | (0.010) | (0.006) | |
Transition: promoted | 0.004* | 0.001 | 0.002 |
(0.002) | (0.001) | (0.002) | |
Demographics | − 0.004 | − 0.007 | 0.007* |
(0.008) | (0.008) | (0.004) | |
Education | − 0.006 | − 0.003 | − 0.005 |
(0.007) | (0.005) | (0.004) | |
Experience | − 0.002 | − 0.003 | 0.003 |
(0.002) | (0.003) | (0.004) | |
Occupation | 0.004 | 0.006 | 0.000 |
(0.004) | (0.004) | (0.005) | |
Industry | − 0.008* | − 0.003 | − 0.010 |
(0.004) | (0.003) | (0.006) | |
Explained by differences in returns to characteristics | |||
Transition: new employer | − 0.004 | 0.001 | 0.013 |
(0.016) | (0.013) | (0.016) | |
Transition: promoted | 0.002 | − 0.002 | 0.025 |
(0.011) | (0.011) | (0.022) | |
Demographics | − 0.428 | − 2.874*** | 1.146 |
(1.335) | (0.870) | (1.779) | |
Education | 0.048 | 0.010 | − 0.020 |
(0.040) | (0.020) | (0.040) | |
Experience | 0.086 | 0.025 | 0.015 |
(0.082) | (0.070) | (0.060) | |
Occupation | − 0.008 | 0.004 | 0.016 |
(0.022) | (0.018) | (0.022) | |
Industry | 0.023 | − 0.024 | − 0.067* |
(0.026) | (0.023) | (0.036) | |