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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 12.
Published in final edited form as: Am Sociol Rev. 2018 Jun 15;83(4):686–715. doi: 10.1177/0003122418780366

Table 2.

Results of the Random Effects Model Predicting Immigrant and Native Men’s Annual Earnings

Model 1
Immigrant status
 Immigrant −0.283**
(0.049)
Years in the United States (ref: 1 – 2) (imm. only)
 3 – 4 0.111**
(0.014)
 5 – 6 0.173**
(0.017)
 7 – 8 0.214**
(0.019)
 9 – 10 0.242**
(0.020)
 11 – 12 0.261**
(0.022)
 13 – 14 0.278**
(0.022)
 15 – 16 0.273**
(0.024)
 17 – 18 0.305**
(0.026)
 19 – 20 0.326**
(0.027)
Yrs. of work experience on arrival (ref: 0 – 5) (imm. only)
 6 – 10 −0.142**
(0.050)
 11+ −0.361**
(0.048)
Arrival cohort (ref: 1980–1986) (imm. only)
 1987 – 1993 −0.051
(0.037)
 1994 – 2000 0.091*
(0.037)
Yrs. of work experience
 Years of work experience 0.067**
(0.001)
 Years of work experience ^ 2 −0.001**
(0.000)
Education (ref: no high school)
 High school 0.407**
(0.011)
 College or higher 0.984**
(0.012)
Year effects
 Calendar year dummies yes
2004 SIPP panel 0.013*
(0.006)
Constant 9.490**
(0.013)

Notes: Adjusted SIPP-SSA weights used. Robust standard errors with clustering on individuals.

*

p<.05

**

p<.01 (two-tailed tests)