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 | ||||
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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.
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