Statistics Canada
www.statcan.gc.ca
Common menu bar links
Table 5.5
Estimated coefficients from earnings regressions with skill effects – females
| Column 1: Regression results with added skill variable |
Column 2: First adjusted regression results1 |
Column 3: Second adjusted regression results2 |
Column 4: Third adjusted regression results3 |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| regression coefficient | standard error | regression coefficient | standard error | regression coefficient | standard error | regression coefficient | standard error | |
| Average skill score / 100 (Canadian born) | … | … | 0.281*** | (0.045) | 0.278*** | (0.046) | 0.125 | (0.099) |
| Average skill score / 100 (immigrants) | … | … | 0.283*** | (0.041) | … | … | … | … |
| Average skill score / 100 (immigrant, Canadian education) | … | … | … | … | 0.196*** | (0.064) | 0.192*** | (0.064) |
| Average skill score / 100 (immigrant, no Canadian education) | … | … | … | … | 0.373*** | (0.064) | -0.077 | (0.234) |
| Average skill score / 100* experience (Canadian born) | … | … | … | … | … | … | 0.008* | (0.004) |
| Average skill score / 100* high school (immigrant, no Canadian education) |
… | … | … | … | … | … | 0.515** | (0.202) |
| Average skill score / 100* non-university post-secondary (immigrant, no Canadian education) |
… | … | … | … | … | … | 0.345 | (0.266) |
| Average skill score / 100* university (immigrant, no Canadian education) | … | … | … | … | … | … | 0.708** | (0.314) |
| Did not complete main skill tasks | 0.015 | (0.041) | 0.015 | (0.041) | 0.018 | (0.041) | 0.01 | (0.042) |
| Immigrant (Canadian education) | 0.197** | (0.078) | 0.189 | (0.163) | 0.428* | (0.21) | -0.036 | (0.269) |
| Immigrant (no Canadian education) | 0.842*** | (0.245) | 0.836*** | (0.267) | 0.654*** | (0.234) | 1.033** | (0.501) |
| Canadian experience (Canadian born) | 0.074*** | (0.005) | 0.074*** | (0.005) | 0.074*** | (0.005) | 0.049*** | (0.013) |
| Canadian experience squared / 100 (Canadian born) | -0.114*** | (0.013) | -0.114*** | (0.013) | -0.114*** | (0.013) | -0.106*** | (0.013) |
| Canadian experience (immigrant, Canadian education) | 0.074*** | (0.007) | 0.074*** | (0.007) | 0.074*** | (0.007) | 0.078*** | (0.007) |
| Canadian experience squared / 100 (immigrant, Canadian education) | -0.113*** | (0.018) | -0.113*** | (0.018) | -0.115*** | (0.017) | -0.118*** | (0.018) |
| Foreign experience (immigrant, Canadian education) | -0.010 | (0.012) | -0.010 | (0.011) | -0.015 | (0.012) | -0.016 | (0.013) |
| Foreign experience squared / 100 (immigrant, Canadian education) | 0.084* | (0.043) | 0.084* | (0.041) | 0.094** | (0.046) | 0.099** | (0.046) |
| Canadian experience (immigrant, no Canadian education) | 0.040** | (0.015) | 0.040** | (0.015) | 0.040*** | (0.014) | 0.041*** | (0.014) |
| Canadian experience squared / 100 (immigrant, no Canadian education) | -0.079** | (0.033) | -0.079** | (0.033) | -0.079** | (0.033) | -0.083** | (0.032) |
| Foreign experience (immigrant, no Canadian education) | 0.031* | (0.016) | 0.031* | (0.016) | 0.033* | (0.016) | 0.035* | (0.017) |
| Foreign experience squared / 100 (immigrant, no Canadian education) | -0.081* | (0.046) | -0.081* | (0.046) | -0.083* | (0.046) | -0.099* | (0.049) |
| High school (Canadian born and immigrant, Canadian education) | 0.546*** | (0.088) | 0.546*** | (0.088) | 0.551*** | (0.088) | 0.581*** | (0.084) |
| Non-university post-secondary (Canadian born and immigrant, Canadian education) |
0.938*** | (0.129) | 0.938*** | (0.129) | 0.946*** | (0.130) | 0.979*** | (0.132) |
| University (Canadian born and immigrant, Canadian education) | 1.280*** | (0.083) | 1.280*** | (0.083) | 1.289*** | (0.084) | 1.355*** | (0.090) |
| High school (immigrant, no Canadian education) | -0.0001 | (0.132) | -0.001 | (0.133) | -0.049 | (0.153) | -1.007*** | (0.346) |
| Non-university post-secondary (immigrant, no Canadian education) | 0.092 | (0.144) | 0.090 | (0.142) | 0.025 | (0.166) | -0.514 | (0.446) |
| University (immigrant, no Canadian education) | 0.179 | (0.139) | 0.178 | (0.139) | 0.101 | (0.165) | -1.402* | (0.701) |
| High school* Canadian experience (Canadian born and immigrant, Canadian education) |
-0.011*** | (0.003) | -0.011*** | (0.003) | -0.011*** | (0.003) | -0.013*** | (0.003) |
| Non-university post-secondary* Canadian experience (Canadian born and immigrant, Canadian education) |
-0.021*** | (0.005) | -0.021*** | (0.005) | -0.021*** | (0.005) | -0.023*** | (0.005) |
| University* Canadian experience (Canadian born and immigrant, Canadian education) |
-0.021*** | (0.003) | -0.021*** | (0.003) | -0.021*** | (0.003) | -0.025*** | (0.004) |
| First language not English or French | -0.048 | (0.052) | -0.048 | (0.051) | -0.049 | (0.051) | -0.048 | (0.051) |
| United States or United Kingdom origin | -0.119 | (0.126) | -0.119 | (0.126) | -0.129 | (0.125) | -0.131 | (0.131) |
| European origin | -0.100 | (0.074) | -0.100 | (0.074) | -0.101 | (0.075) | -0.101 | (0.078) |
| Asian origin | -0.063 | (0.067) | -0.063 | (0.067) | -0.054 | (0.067) | -0.038 | (0.071) |
| Number of observations | 5,003 | … | 5,003 | … | 5,003 | … | 5,003 | … |
| R-squared | 0.380 | … | 0.380 | … | 0.380 | … | 0.380 | … |
|
* Coefficient significant at 10% significance level. ** Coefficient significant at 5% significance level. *** Coefficient significant at 1% significance level. 1. Allowing differing returns to skills between immigrants and Canadian-born. 2. Allowing differing returns to skill across Canadian-born, foreign- and Canadian-educated immigrants. 3. With interactions of average skill scores with education and experience. Note: Regressions include indicators for province of residence. |
||||||||
