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Table 2 Effect of ethnic identification on earnings

From: Acculturation and the labor market in Mexico

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

Identify as indigenous

−0.0887

−0.0886

−0.0898

 

(0.0016)

(0.0016)

(0.0015)

Indigenous language

−0.1832

−0.1599

−0.1633

 

(0.0020)

(0.0019)

(0.0019)

Years of education

0.0587

0.0406

0.0385

 

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

Age

0.0479

0.0407

0.0396

 

(0.0003)

(0.0002)

(0.0002)

Age2

−0.0005

−0.0005

−0.0004

 

(0.0000)

(0.0000)

(0.0000)

Additional controls

   

Occupation

 

y

y

Industry

  

y

R 2

0.2995

0.3591

0.3737

No of obs

1,761,426

1,761,426

1,761,426

  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 size of location, state of residence, and state of birth