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Table 11 Log-earnings regressions by location size: census data

From: Acculturation and the labor market in Mexico

 

Indigenous and Mestizos

Indigenous only

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

 

Small community

Large city

Small community

Large city

Identify as indigenous

−0.1005

−0.0478

  
 

(0.0016)

(0.0045)

  

Indigenous language

−0.1788

0.0130

  
 

(0.0020)

(0.0078)

  

Monolingual Spanish

  

0.3389

0.1513

   

(0.0059)

(0.1270)

Bilingual

  

0.1929

0.1406

   

(0.0056)

(0.1270)

Years of education

0.0346

0.0534

0.0249

0.0390

 

(0.0002)

(0.0003)

(0.0003)

(0.0010)

Age

0.0383

0.0466

0.0307

0.0455

 

(0.0003)

(0.0006)

(0.0005)

(0.0018)

Age2

−0.0004

−0.0005

−0.0004

−0.0005

 

(0.0000)

(0.0000)

(0.0000)

(0.0000)

Additional controls

    

Occupation

y

y

y

y

Industry

y

y

y

y

R 2

0.3476

0.2565

0.3639

0.2617

No of obs

1,394,909

366,517

400,853

28,690

  1. Notes: Standard errors in parenthesis. Data from the 2010 Mexican Census. Sample includes males ages 16–64 not attending school. The dependent variable is the natural logarithm of monthly earnings. All specifications control for state of residence, and state of birth. The regressions in columns (1)–(2) include Indigenous and Mestizo workers. The regressions in columns (3)–(4) only include individuals who are Indigenous, and the omitted category in these columns is Monolingual Indigenous
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