Table A.1
Regression model predicting log hourly wages of immigrant women with Heckman correction for selection into employment

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Table A.1
Regression model predicting log hourly wages of immigrant women with Heckman correction for selection into employment
Table summary
This table displays the results of Regression model predicting log hourly wages of immigrant women with Heckman correction for selection into employment Regression results, calculated using coefficient and robust
standard error units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Regression results
coefficient robust
standard error
Earnings model  
Intercept 3.023Note *** 0.049
Source-country female labour force participation rate 0.028 0.461
Source-country gender-role attitudes 0.044Note * 0.011
Log gross domestic product per capita 0.013Note ** 0.002
English or French official language in source country 0.015 0.148
Western countries (reference: non-Western countries) 0.040Note *** 0.001
Education (reference: bachelor's degree)  
Less than high school -0.124Note *** 0.000
High school graduation -0.071Note *** 0.000
Some post secondary education -0.040Note *** 0.000
Graduate degree 0.072Note *** 0.000
Age at immigration -0.001 0.157
Years since landing 0.005Note *** 0.000
Years since landing squared -0.001Note *** 0.000
Working full time (reference: working part time) 0.042Note *** 0.000
Tenure in years 0.015Note *** 0.000
Selection model (probit)  
Intercept 0.967Note *** 0.152
Source-country female labour force participation rate 1.224Note *** 0.160
Source-country gender-role attitudes -0.156Note * 0.077
Log gross domestic product per capita -0.008 0.014
English or French official language in source country 0.361Note *** 0.041
Western countries (reference: non-Western countries) 0.249Note *** 0.035
Education (reference: bachelor's degree)  
Less than high school -0.658Note *** 0.043
High school graduation -0.391Note *** 0.031
Some postsecondary education -0.105Note *** 0.028
Graduate degree 0.086Note * 0.037
Age at immigration -0.024Note *** 0.002
Years since landing 0.022Note *** 0.003
Years since landing squared -0.003Note *** 0.000
Marital status (reference: married, spouse working)  
Married, spouse not working -0.308Note *** 0.029
Divorced, separated or widowed 0.051 0.038
Single 0.140Note ** 0.045
Number of children under 6 years old -0.462Note *** 0.020
Note *

significantly different from reference category (p<0.05)

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Note **

significantly different from reference category (p<0.01)

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Note ***

significantly different from reference category (p<0.001)

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Notes: Location of residence and survey year fixed effects are included in both models. Industry and occupation fixed effects are included in the earnings model. Sample size is 31,741.
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, 2006 to 2012.
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