Table 7.
Ordinary least squares statistics estimating logged weekly wages
| Independent variables | Baseline model |
Expanded model |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coef. est. | s.e. | p-value | Coef. est. | s.e. | p-value | |
| Intercept | 3.008** | 0.367 | 0.000 | 3.498** | 0.348 | 0.000 |
| Demographic characteristics | ||||||
| Male | 0.246*** | 0.068 | 0.000 | 0.182** | 0.063 | 0.004 |
| Age | 0.051** | 0.020 | 0.012 | 0.033* | 0.019 | 0.089 |
| Age squared | −0.001** | 0.000 | 0.030 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.151 |
| Married | 0.070 | 0.083 | 0.396 | 0.041 | 0.080 | 0.612 |
| Number of children | −0.036 | 0.030 | 0.231 | −0.030 | 0.028 | 0.300 |
| Human capital | ||||||
| Years of education | 0.037** | 0.008 | 0.000 | 0.020** | 0.009 | 0.023 |
| Speaks English well or fairly well | 0.371** | 0.073 | 0.000 | 0.280** | 0.070 | 0.000 |
| Number of months since admission | −0.014 | 0.011 | 0.185 | −0.003 | 0.010 | 0.734 |
| Social capital | ||||||
| Related to employer | −0.230 | 0.212 | 0.277 | −0.225 | 0.196 | 0.252 |
| Referred to job by relative | −0.069 | 0.091 | 0.448 | 0.009 | 0.086 | 0.920 |
| Employment characteristics | ||||||
| Self-employed | −0.212 | 0.138 | 0.123 | −0.337** | 0.132 | 0.011 |
| Number of hours worked per week | 0.030** | 0.003 | 0.000 | 0.026* | 0.003 | 0.000 |
| U.S. region of residence | ||||||
| Northeast | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| South | −0.009 | 0.079 | 0.913 | 0.006 | 0.076 | 0.939 |
| North central | −0.057 | 0.116 | 0.626 | −0.095 | 0.109 | 0.383 |
| West | −0.076 | 0.087 | 0.382 | −0.073 | 0.082 | 0.373 |
| U.S. territories | 0.076 | 0.776 | 0.923 | 0.293 | 0.715 | 0.682 |
| Global region of origin | ||||||
| Europe | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Asia | −0.168* | 0.090 | 0.062 | −0.170** | 0.086 | 0.049 |
| North America | 0.367* | 0.195 | 0.060 | 0.234 | 0.191 | 0.220 |
| Latin America | −0.140 | 0.098 | 0.152 | −0.281** | 0.098 | 0.004 |
| Africa | −0.232 | 0.154 | 0.132 | −0.186 | 0.144 | 0.199 |
| Oceania | −0.353 | 0.780 | 0.651 | −0.125 | 0.720 | 0.862 |
| Pathway to legalization | ||||||
| New arrival | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Illegal border crosser | – | – | – | 0.246** | 0.116 | 0.035 |
| Visa abuser | – | – | – | 0.107 | 0.168 | 0.525 |
| Non-resident visitor | – | – | – | 0.058 | 0.186 | 0.757 |
| Non-resident worker | – | – | – | 0.462** | 0.192 | 0.017 |
| Student/exchange | – | – | – | 0.377** | 0.193 | 0.051 |
| Refugee/asylee | - | – | – | −0.174 | 0.187 | 0.351 |
| Prior U.S. experience | ||||||
| Adjusted immigrant status | – | – | – | 0.019 | 0.148 | 0.896 |
| Number of entries | – | – | – | 0.029** | 0.010 | 0.003 |
| Total time spent in the U.S. | – | – | – | 0.006 | 0.007 | 0.370 |
| U.S. employment prior to legalization | – | – | – | 0.195** | 0.090 | 0.031 |
| Adjusted R-square | 0.3910 | 0.4570 | ||||
– = Omited variable.