Table 2
Labour market outcomes in 2010 of spouses of economic immigrant principal applicants compared with those of economic immigrant principal applicants

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Table 2
Labour market outcomes in 2010 of spouses of economic immigrant principal applicants compared with those of economic immigrant principal applicants
Table summary
This table displays the results of Labour market outcomes in 2010 of spouses of economic immigrant principal applicants compared with those of economic immigrant principal applicants Gap in probability of having worked in 2010, Gap in log weekly earnings, conditional on having worked in 2010 and Gap in log weekly earnings, calculated using percentage points and log points units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Gap in probability of having worked in 2010Table 2 Note 1 Gap in log weekly earnings, conditional on having worked in 2010Table 2 Note 2 Gap in log weekly earningsTable 2 Note 2
Female spouses relative to male principal applicants Male spouses relative to female principal applicants Female spouses relative to male principal applicants Male spouses relative to female principal applicants Female spouses relative to male principal applicants Male spouses relative to female principal applicants
percentage points log points
Unadjusted -0.177Note *** 0.048Note *** -0.542Note *** -0.060Note * -1.571Note *** 0.251Note ***
Adjusting for  
Individual characteristics -0.169Note *** 0.071Note *** -0.524Note *** 0.025 -1.484Note *** 0.455Note ***
Plus job characteristics Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable -0.293Note *** -0.036 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Plus presence of young children and school attendance -0.170Note *** 0.069Note *** Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
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