Table 7
Sensitivity test for age at migration — Absolute
immigrant earnings growth
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| Years since migration | LAD-IMDB | Census | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longitudinal | Cross-sectional | ||
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | |
| coefficient from regression model | |||
| 1985-to-1989 cohort | |||
| 6 to10 years | 0.103 | 0.056 | 0.036 |
| 11 to 15 years | 0.251 | 0.255 | 0.236 |
| 16 to 20 years | 0.248 | 0.330 | 0.311 |
| 1990-to-1994 cohort | |||
| 6 to 10 years | 0.323 | 0.360 | 0.359 |
| 11 to 15 years | 0.399 | 0.491 | 0.481 |
| 1995-to-1999 cohort | |||
| 6 to 10 years | 0.206 | 0.258 | 0.233 |
| Note(s): The reference category is immigrants aged 20 to 54 at migration. All coefficients are statistically significant at the 1% level. The table reports the coefficients on the "years since migration" dummy variables in column 1. LAD: Longitudinal Administrative Database; IMDB: Longitudinal Immigration Database. | |||
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