Table 2
Probit regressions on the likelihood of self-employment for parents and their children

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Probit regressions on the likelihood of self-employment for parents and their children: Part 1


Table summary
This table displays the results of probit regressions on the likelihood of self-employment for parents and their children: part 1 immigrant parents and 1.5 generation, immigrant parents and second generation, canadian-born parents and third-and-higher generations and parents, calculated using parents, children and coefficient units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Immigrant parents and 1.5 generation Immigrant parents and second generation Canadian-born parents and third-and-higher generations
Parents Children Parents Children Parents Children
  coefficient
Variables  
Fathers and sons  
Earnings differential 1.009  Note *** 1.056  Note *** 0.817  Note *** 1.127  Note *** 2.454  Note *** 1.700  Note ***
Group unemployment rate 3.359 -0.163 3.739  Note ** -0.047 1.516  Note *** -0.638  Note *
Group population share 0.363 -0.111 -0.050 -0.087 0.403  Note *** 0.051  Note **
Number of children present 0.021 -0.002 0.025  Note ** -0.010 -0.049  Note *** -0.030  Note ***
Homeowners -0.070 -0.043 -0.027 -0.076  Note ** -0.333  Note *** -0.190  Note ***
No diploma/certificate -0.193  Note *** 0.101  Note *** -0.161  Note *** 0.079 -0.361  Note *** -0.073  Note ***
Non-university diploma 0.048 0.177  Note *** 0.047 0.115  Note *** 0.261  Note *** 0.165  Note ***
Bachelor degree 0.052 0.068 -0.001 0.015 -0.125  Note *** -0.111  Note ***
Degree in medicine 1.184  Note *** 0.918  Note *** 1.184  Note *** 0.795  Note *** 1.469  Note *** 0.897  Note ***
Graduate degree -0.176  Note * 0.067 -0.270  Note *** -0.107  Note ** -0.435  Note *** -0.249  Note ***
Years of Canadian experience 0.062  Note *** 0.089  Note *** 0.045  Note *** 0.073  Note *** 0.071  Note *** 0.094  Note ***
Canadian experience squared -0.002  Note *** -0.002  Note *** -0.001  Note *** -0.002  Note *** -0.001  Note *** -0.002  Note ***
Married 0.072 0.250  Note *** 0.250  Note ** 0.227  Note *** 0.184  Note *** 0.395  Note ***
English/French mother tongue -0.145  Note *** -0.151  Note *** -0.097  Note *** -0.090  Note *** -0.011 -0.341  Note ***
Years of foreign experience 0.008  Note *** Note ...: not applicable 0.006  Note ** Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Speaks neither English nor French -0.379  Note *** Note ...: not applicable -0.407  Note *** Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Mothers and daughters  
Earnings differential 0.371 2.211  Note *** 0.267 2.185  Note *** 0.180  Note *** 1.437  Note ***
Group unemployment rate -0.407 -0.424 0.726 -0.880 1.428  Note *** -0.419
Group population share -0.052  Note *** -0.336  Note *** 0.024 -0.127 0.314  Note *** 0.021
Number of children present 0.027 0.037  Note *** 0.086  Note *** -0.004 0.051  Note *** 0.050  Note ***
Homeowners 0.119 0.101  Note *** 0.110  Note *** 0.049  Note * 0.183  Note *** 0.148  Note ***
No diploma/certificate -0.119  Note * 0.264  Note *** -0.117  Note ** 0.020 -0.090  Note *** -0.180  Note ***
Non-university diploma 0.096  Note * 0.568  Note *** 0.093  Note * 0.316  Note *** 0.105  Note *** 0.319  Note ***
Bachelor degree 0.015 0.491  Note *** 0.117 0.052 0.162  Note *** 0.024
Degree in medicine 0.680  Note ** 0.121 1.161  Note *** -0.484  Note *** 1.596  Note *** 0.255  Note ***
Graduate degree 0.066 0.153  Note *** 0.152 -0.052 0.200  Note *** -0.173  Note ***
Years of Canadian experience 0.011 0.157  Note *** 0.030  Note ** 0.099  Note *** 0.025  Note *** 0.109  Note ***
Canadian experience squared 0.000 -0.004  Note *** -0.0007 -0.003  Note *** -0.0004  Note *** -0.003  Note ***
Married 0.167  Note * 0.124  Note *** 0.114  Note * 0.277  Note *** 0.201  Note *** 0.273  Note ***
English/French mother tongue 0.043 0.112  Note *** 0.005 0.098  Note *** -0.004 0.099  Note *
Years of foreign experience 0.000 Note ...: not applicable -0.001 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Speaks neither English nor French -0.276  Note ** Note ...: not applicable -0.210  Note ** Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Diagnostic statistics  
Fathers and sons  
Number of observations 20,523 48,761 48,359 66,863 311,766 408,034
Pseudo R-squared 0.097 0.061 0.087 0.049 0.053 0.043
Mothers and daughters  
Number of observations 20,609 44,990 35,087 62,814 228,453 395,639
Pseudo R-squared 0.081 0.081 0.078 0.069 0.027 0.048
p<0.05            
p<0.01            
p<0.001            
Note(s): "Renter" is the reference for the homeownership variable; "high school graduate certificate" is the reference for education; "not married" is the reference for marital status; and "neither English nor French" is the reference for mother tongue.            
             
... not applicable

Probit regressions on the likelihood of self-employment for parents and their children: Part 2


Table summary
This table displays the results of probit regressions on the likelihood of self-employment for parents and their children: part 2 immigrant parents and 1.5 generation, immigrant parents and second generation and canadian-born parents and third-and-higher generations
  Immigrant parents and 1.5 generation Immigrant parents and second generation Canadian-born parents and third-and-higher generations
Control variables  
Fathers and sons  
Ethnic group fixed effects Included Included Included
Geographic location effects Included Included Included
Mothers and daughters  
Ethnic group fixed effects Included Included Included
Geographic location effects Included Included Included
p<0.05      
p<0.01      
p<0.001      
Note(s): "Renter" is the reference for the homeownership variable; "high school graduate certificate" is the reference for education; "not married" is the reference for marital status; and "neither English nor French" is the reference for mother tongue.      
       
*
p<0.05
**
p<0.01
***
p<0.001
Note(s):
"Renter" is the reference for the homeownership variable; "high school graduate certificate" is the reference for education; "not married" is the reference for marital status; and "neither English nor French" is the reference for mother tongue.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, 1981 Canadian Census of Population and 2006 Canadian Census of Population.
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