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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Polit Econ. 2014 Jun;122(3):467–506. doi: 10.1086/675805

TABLE A1.

Comparing Matched Panel Sample with Population, 1920 Occupation-Based Earnings in 2010 Dollars
Difference, Panel
Sample – Population
Mean,
Panel Sample
(1)		 Levels
(2)		 Logs
(3)
Native-born $23,185 37.64
(316.41)		 .009
(.013)
Foreign-born $23,405 303.63
(131.81)		 .019
(.006)
Note.—Occupation-based earnings is based on 1950 medians, converted into 2010 dollars. Regressions in cols. 2 and 3 pool the 1920 IPUMS cross section with our matched sample and regress occupation-based earnings on a dummy variable for being in the matched sample. Standard errors are in parentheses.