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Change in entry earnings1 between 1991 and 2000 entering cohorts associated with changes in education and immigrant class distribution

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Change in entry earnings between 1991 and 2000 entering cohorts associated with changes in education and immigrant class distribution
Selected points in the earnings distribution Change in entry earnings, 1991 to 2001 entering cohorts
Using 1991 as base year Using 2000 as base year
  percent
Women  
At 15th percentile 1 3
At 50th percentile 8 7
At 90th percentile 20 13
Men  
At 15th percentile 0 7
At 50th percentile 10 9
At 90th percentile 24 23
1.
Earnings during the first two full years in Canada.
Note(s):
The DiNardo, Fortin and Lemieux (1996) technique was used to calculate the counterfactual earnings distributions needed to estimate the change in entry earnings between the 1991 and 2000 entering cohorts.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Longitudinal Administrative Databank and Longitudinal Immigration Database.