Table 7
The effect of education and immigrant class or annual earnings at the bottom, middle and top of the immigrant earnings distribution

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The effect of education and immigrant class or annual earnings at the bottom, middle and top of the immigrant earnings distribution
  Difference in annual earnings
15th percentile  50th percentile 90th percentile
  percent
Education  
Difference between immigrants with a bachelor's degree and 11 to 12 years of schooling at entry  
Male – during first 2 years in Canada -9.7 1.7 13.2
Male – during first 10 years in Canada 3.7 11.8 20.2
Female – during first 2 years in Canada 0.9 11.7 21.1
Female – during first 10 years in Canada 13.7 21.1 27.3
Difference between immigrants with a master's or doctorate degree and those with 11 to 12 years of schooling at entry  
Male – during first 2 years in Canada -5.4 15.1 34.6
Male – during first 10 years in Canada 9.6 25.8 39.2
Female – during first 2 years in Canada 9.6 25.8 39.2
Female – during first 10 years in Canada 24.2 38.3 45.2
Immigrant class  
Difference between immigrants in the skilled economic class and those in the family class  
Male – during first 2 years in Canada 7.2 13.7 19.4
Male – during first 10 years in Canada 1.1 10.2 16.4
Female – during first 2 years in Canada 31.0 25.3 15.9
Female – during first 10 years in Canada 24.8 19.1 12.7
Note(s):
Results are based on quintile regression coefficients with dependent variable ln (annual earnings) and independent variables identical to those reported in Appendix I Text table 2.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Longitudinal Administrative Databank and Longitudinal Immigration Database.