Table A.4
Relative impact of location of highest postsecondary study on the labour force status of landed immigrants aged 25 to 64 with a postsecondary education—Marginal effects

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Location of postsecondary study Marginal effects
Non-wage sector Wage sector School attendees
Not in labour force Self-employed Undereducated employee Correctly matched employee Overeducated employee
Marginal effects standard error Marginal effects standard error Marginal effects standard error Marginal effects standard error Marginal effects standard error Marginal effects standard error
A. Fixed effect of location of immigrants' postsecondary education  
Canada 0.080*** (0.009) -0.044*** (0.006) -0.027*** (0.002) -0.003*** (0.0002) -0.127*** (0.010) 0.118*** (0.009)
United States 0.185*** (0.015) -0.009 (0.008) -0.023*** (0.003) -0.003*** (0.0003) -0.118*** (0.013) -0.036*** (0.006)
United Kingdom 0.133*** (0.015) -0.007 (0.009) -0.021*** (0.003) -0.003*** (0.0003) -0.061*** (0.014) -0.044*** (0.007)
Philippines 0.025*** (0.008) -0.109*** (0.003) -0.038*** (0.001) -0.006*** (0.0001) 0.181*** (0.009) -0.052*** (0.005)
India 0.066*** (0.010) -0.057*** (0.005) -0.036*** (0.001) -0.005*** (0.0001) 0.077*** (0.011) -0.053*** (0.004)
China 0.075*** (0.010) -0.041*** (0.005) -0.037*** (0.001) -0.005*** (0.0001) -0.049*** (0.011) 0.052*** (0.008)
Pakistan 0.265*** (0.017) -0.049*** (0.006) -0.041*** (0.001) -0.006*** (0.0001) -0.133*** (0.015) -0.044*** (0.006)
Poland 0.125*** (0.029) -0.040*** (0.015) -0.038*** (0.003) -0.006*** (0.0003) -0.071** (0.029) 0.009 (0.017)
France 0.127*** (0.016) -0.015 (0.010) -0.018*** (0.003) -0.004*** (0.0003) -0.052*** (0.016) -0.044*** (0.006)
South Korea 0.217*** (0.017) 0.092*** (0.013) -0.036*** (0.002) -0.006*** (0.0001) -0.260*** (0.014) -0.027*** (0.008)
Romania 0.075*** (0.013) -0.078*** (0.005) -0.037*** (0.002) -0.005*** (0.0001) -0.010 (0.014) 0.048*** (0.010)
Hong Kong 0.155*** (0.031) -0.016 (0.022) -0.028*** (0.006) -0.003** (0.0010) -0.108*** (0.035) -0.005 (0.021)
Russia 0.062*** (0.013) -0.035*** (0.008) -0.041*** (0.002) -0.005*** (0.0002) -0.036*** (0.015) 0.042*** (0.011)
Germany 0.179*** (0.025) 0.006 (0.016) -0.035*** (0.003) -0.005*** (0.0003) -0.113*** (0.024) -0.046*** (0.011)
Iran 0.154*** (0.018) -0.038*** (0.009) -0.037*** (0.002) -0.005*** (0.0002) -0.167*** (0.017) 0.080*** (0.013)
Other countries1 0.126*** (0.010) -0.046*** (0.004) -0.038*** (0.001) -0.005*** (0.0001) -0.088*** (0.010) 0.036*** (0.007)
B. Additional effect of recent-immigrant2 cohort  
Canada -0.047*** (0.003) 0.022*** (0.007) 0.006** (0.003) 0.002*** (0.0004) 0.076*** (0.008) -0.056*** (0.002)
United States -0.049*** (0.004) 0.007 (0.010) 0.021** (0.010) 0.0001 (0.0010) 0.055*** (0.014) -0.031*** (0.008)
United Kingdom -0.048*** (0.006) 0.007 (0.011) 0.011 (0.007) 0.001 (0.0010) 0.056*** (0.016) -0.024** (0.011)
Philippines -0.057*** (0.004) 0.054*** (0.020) -0.006 (0.007) 0.002*** (0.0010) 0.021 (0.017) -0.012* (0.007)
India -0.035*** (0.004) 0.058*** (0.011) 0.008 (0.007) 0.003*** (0.0010) -0.011 (0.011) -0.020*** (0.006)
China -0.038*** (0.004) 0.063*** (0.009) 0.024*** (0.008) 0.004*** (0.0010) 0.021** (0.010) -0.072*** (0.003)
Pakistan -0.045*** (0.004) 0.033** (0.014) 0.015 (0.016) 0.004*** (0.0010) 0.030* (0.018) -0.035*** (0.008)
Poland -0.049*** (0.012) 0.062* (0.034) 0.014 (0.023) 0.004 (0.0040) 0.035 (0.039) -0.061*** (0.014)
France -0.071*** (0.005) 0.027* (0.017) -0.002 (0.008) -0.0006 (0.0010) 0.086*** (0.019) -0.036*** (0.011)
South Korea -0.047*** (0.005) 0.049*** (0.013) -0.004 (0.011) 0.003* (0.0020) 0.062*** (0.020) -0.060*** (0.009)
Romania -0.069*** (0.005) 0.052*** (0.020) 0.030* (0.017) 0.009*** (0.0020) 0.031 (0.022) -0.051*** (0.007)
Hong Kong -0.044*** (0.011) 0.025 (0.031) 0.015 (0.020) -0.0007 (0.0020) 0.056 (0.039) -0.052*** (0.017)
Russia -0.051*** (0.006) 0.021 (0.014) 0.040* (0.022) 0.002 (0.0010) 0.048** (0.021) -0.058*** (0.007)
Germany -0.060*** (0.008) 0.042* (0.023) 0.017 (0.018) 0.002 (0.0020) 0.021 (0.031) -0.019 (0.022)
Iran -0.052*** (0.006) 0.045** (0.020) 0.016 (0.019) 0.003** (0.0010) 0.047* (0.026) -0.054*** (0.008)
Other countries1 -0.042*** (0.002) 0.037*** (0.005) 0.017*** (0.004) 0.003*** (0.0004) 0.051*** (0.006) -0.061*** (0.002)
C. Additional effect of established immigrant3 cohort  
Canada -0.066*** (0.002) 0.043*** (0.006) 0.025*** (0.003) 0.004*** (0.0004) 0.086*** (0.007) -0.087*** (0.002)
United States -0.072*** (0.002) 0.01 (0.008) 0.017** (0.007) 0.002*** (0.001) 0.068*** (0.011) -0.020*** (0.006)
United Kingdom -0.065*** (0.003) -0.007 (0.007) 0.014*** (0.005) 0.003*** (0.001) 0.066*** (0.011) -0.006 (0.009)
Philippines -0.063*** (0.002) 0.084*** (0.018) 0.010 (0.007) 0.005*** (0.001) -0.006 (0.014) -0.026*** (0.005)
India -0.057*** (0.003) 0.090*** (0.010) 0.011* (0.006) 0.002*** (0.001) -0.001 (0.010) -0.041*** (0.005)
China -0.054*** (0.003) 0.081*** (0.012) 0.040*** (0.011) 0.004*** (0.001) 0.026* (0.014) -0.094*** (0.003)
Pakistan -0.071*** (0.003) 0.048*** (0.016) 0.043** (0.020) 0.005*** (0.002) 0.027 (0.021) -0.048*** (0.009)
Poland -0.070*** (0.006) 0.023 (0.023) 0.026 (0.023) 0.005 (0.003) 0.099*** (0.030) -0.077*** (0.008)
France -0.065*** (0.004) 0.044*** (0.014) -0.001 (0.006) 0.001 (0.001) 0.037** (0.017) -0.012 (0.010)
South Korea -0.068*** (0.003) 0.048*** (0.013) 0.017 (0.015) 0.006*** (0.002) 0.060*** (0.021) -0.058*** (0.010)
Romania -0.065*** (0.004) 0.098*** (0.021) 0.032** (0.015) 0.007*** (0.001) 0.014 (0.021) -0.083*** (0.006)
Hong Kong -0.061*** (0.007) 0.026 (0.029) 0.034 (0.024) 0.001 (0.002) 0.053 (0.038) -0.049*** (0.015)
Russia -0.049*** (0.007) 0.048*** (0.018) 0.068** (0.029) 0.002 (0.001) 0.021 (0.027) -0.086*** (0.007)
Germany -0.064*** (0.005) 0.014 (0.017) 0.033* (0.018) 0.001 (0.001) 0.03 (0.026) -0.009 (0.017)
Iran -0.070*** (0.004) 0.107*** (0.025) 0.004 (0.015) 0.001 (0.001) 0.047* (0.027) -0.085*** (0.006)
Other countries1 -0.066*** (0.001) 0.056*** (0.005) 0.024*** (0.003) 0.005 (0.0004) 0.063*** (0.005) -0.077*** (0.002)
Population 1,165,370 *** 1,116,597 1,025,835 1,526,257 4,284,795 1,235,674
... not applicable
* p<0.10, statistically significant at the 10 per cent level
** p<0.05, statistically significant at the 5 per cent level
*** p<0.01, statistically significant at the 1 per cent level
1. Countries that make up less than 5% of the locations of postsecondary education reported in the 2006 Census.
2. Recent immigrants are Individuals who have been landed immigrants to Canada from 5 to 10 years.
3. Established immigrants are individuals who have been landed immigrants for more than 10 years.
Note: The reference category consists of the Canadian-born.
Source: Author's calculations based on data from the 2006 Census of Population.
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