Table 3
Percent difference in annual earnings of male economic class principal applicants, results from regressionNote 1

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Table summary
This table displays the results of Percent difference in annual earnings of male economic class
principal applicants Years in Canada, 2, 5, 10, 15 and 20, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Years in Canada
2 5 10 15 20
percent
Bachelor's graduates compared to high school graduates  
Cohort  
1984 to 1988 30.6Note 2 34.0 40.6 49.2 60.1
1989 to 1993 27.5 32.6 40.8 50.2 63.6
1994 to 1998 30.5 34.0 40.0 47.8 Note ...: not applicable
1999 to 2003 9.9 17.6 26.9 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Bachelor's graduates compared to trades  
Cohort  
1984 to 1988 38.9 36.4 36.0 37.8 42.2
1989 to 1993 37.3 41.2 49.9 60.4 75.2
1994 to 1998 29.1 34.1 42.2 51.4 Note ...: not applicable
1999 to 2003 13.0 23.7 37.1 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Master's/doctorate graduates compared to high school graduates  
Cohort  
1984 to 1988 52.3 56.8 66.0 78.8 96.9
1989 to 1993 40.9 51.0 66.6 84.0 107
1994 to 1998 42.0 51.8 66.6 83.3 Note ...: not applicable
1999 to 2003 27.0 31.8 38.6 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
... not applicable
Note 1.

With controls for cohort, years since immigration, source country, languages, marital status, province of residence, and regional unemployment rate.

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Note 2.

This number means that, after adjusting for differences in immigrant characteristics and economic conditions, male economic class principal applicants who entered Canada between 1984 and 1988 and who had been in Canada for two years at time of observation earned 30.6% more than those with high school graduation only.

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Source: Statistics Canada, Longitudinal Administrative Databank, 1984 to 2009.
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