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Published in final edited form as: J Polit Econ. 2014 Jun;122(3):467–506. doi: 10.1086/675805

TABLE 5.

Ordinary Least Squares Estimates, Age-Earnings Profile for Natives and Foreign-Born, 1900–1920: 1901 Occupation-Based Earnings in 2010 Dollars

Pooled Cross
Section and Panel
Pooled Cross
Section and Panel
Cross
Section
(1)
Repeated
Cross
Section
(2)
Panel
(3)
Cross
Section
(4)
Repeated
Cross
Section
(5)
Panel
(6)
A. 1901 Income
B. 1950 Income with Adjustments
0–5 years in US −4,176.52
(122.47)
−3,286.33
(150.51)
−2,558.65
(200.05)
−3,186.66
(138.04)
−2,364.00
(175.45)
−2,354.07
(240.66)
6–10 years in US −3,433.90
(130.80)
−2,723.76
(144.10)
−1,900.42
(174.11)
−2,450.13
(144.89)
−1,797.87
(165.09)
−1,521.15
(206.19)
11–20 years in US −2,670.61
(117.84)
−2,200.14
(115.74)
−1,859.93
(124.76)
− 1,783.47
(131.08)
−1,361.64
(131.68)
−1,241.91
(145.40)
21–30 years in US −2,402.06
(124.08)
−2,032.18
(117.95)
−1,896.77
(124.79)
−1,540.32
(139.89)
−1,227.39
(135.54)
−1,127.69
(146.22)
30 years in US −1,906.83
(148.13)
−1,773.97
(139.57)
−1,634.05
(144.52)
−1,146.96
(175.02)
−1,107.02
(168.41)
−814.98
(177.33)
Arrive 1891+ −740.37
(82.96)
−284.08
(127.89)
−745.86
(97.89)
−20.58
(150.86)
Native-born 580.02
(200.05)
28.22
(145.85)
Observations 204,134 261,079 204,134 261,079

Note.—Columns 1–3 follow the format of table 4 using income from the 1901 Cost of Living survey. Columns 4–6 adjust the 1950 occupation-based earnings to match the Cost of Living survey in three ways: using only urban workers to calculate occupation-based earnings, using mean rather than median earnings by occupation, and using the census of agriculture rather than the census of population to infer earnings of farmers.