Table 7
Labour market outcomes of second- and third-and-higher generation Americans, 1998 to 2004, no controls, population aged 25 to 65
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| Immigrant | Second generation | Third-and-higher generation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age at immigration ≥ 12 years | Age at immigration ≤ 11 years | Father only | Mother only | Both | White | Other | |
| Males | |||||||
| Employed (%) | 85.4 | 86.2 | 81.4 | 84.9 | 82.5 | 84.6 | 74.6 |
| Unemployed (%) | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 6.2 |
| Annual earnings (thousands of dollars) | 32.3 | 36.9 | 43.6 | 44.5 | 40.8 | 42.1 | 27.5 |
| Females | |||||||
| Employed (%) | 58.2 | 71.4 | 69.9 | 74.6 | 69.9 | 71.5 | 68.5 |
| Unemployed (%) | 4.3 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 4.8 |
| Annual earnings (thousands of dollars) | 14.5 | 22.2 | 22.3 | 23 | 21.5 | 21.2 | 18.4 |
Source(s):
Aydemir and Sweetman (2007) with data from Current Population Survey.
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