Table 6
Estimated gaps in log annual earnings, relative to workers with few or no ethnic co-workers, by ethnic group, combining immigrants and Canadian born of immigrant parents

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  Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Basic demographics Model 1+ language, education Model 2 + job attributes
Coefficient Standard error Coefficient Standard error Coefficient Standard error
Chinese
Most co-workers have the same ethnic ancestry -0.545 *** 0.087 -0.388 *** 0.094 -0.317 *** 0.099
About half co-workers have the same ethnic ancestry -0.123 0.130 -0.070 0.129 -0.088 0.129
Ethnic ancestry not important -0.035 0.072 0.067 0.078 0.050 0.078
South Asians
Most co-workers have the same ethnic ancestry -0.141 0.122 0.028 0.122 0.063 0.122
About half co-workers have the same ethnic ancestry -0.106 0.128 0.083 0.124 0.142 0.124
Ethnic ancestry not important 0.150 0.078 0.123 0.081 0.092 0.080
Blacks
Most co-workers have the same ethnic ancestry 0.024 0.187 0.138 0.202 0.081 0.201
About half co-workers have the same ethnic ancestry 0.051 0.162 0.053 0.160 -0.046 0.153
Ethnic ancestry not important 0.109 0.103 0.139 0.112 0.097 0.113
Filipinos and other visible minorities
Most co-workers have the same ethnic ancestry -0.168 0.104 -0.063 0.107 0.025 0.108
About half co-workers have the same ethnic ancestry -0.396 ** 0.140 -0.325 * 0.140 -0.230 0.135
Ethnic ancestry not important -0.026 0.070 -0.062 0.076 -0.014 0.074
Italians
Most co-workers have the same ethnic ancestry -0.307 ** 0.118 -0.307 ** 0.116 -0.324 ** 0.118
About half co-workers have the same ethnic ancestry 0.114 0.104 0.140 0.103 0.117 0.104
Ethnic ancestry not important -0.079 0.089 -0.158 0.094 -0.171 0.094
German, Portuguese and other European minority groups
Most co-workers have the same ethnic ancestry -0.023 0.086 0.062 0.083 0.101 0.081
About half co-workers have the same ethnic ancestry -0.011 0.095 0.100 0.092 0.049 0.091
Ethnic ancestry not important 0.103 ** 0.037 0.063 0.039 0.063 0.038

 

* significant at p<0.05

** significant at p<0.01

*** significant at p<0.001

Note: See Table A.2 for model specifications.

Source: Statistics Canada, Ethnic Diversity Survey.