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Table 3 Effect of acculturation on earnings

From: Acculturation and the labor market in Mexico

 

Indigenous

Mestizo

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Monolingual Spanish

0.4486

0.3186

0.3195

0.0542

0.0532

0.0577

 

(0.0063)

(0.0059)

(0.0058)

(0.0064)

(0.0062)

(0.0061)

Bilingual

0.2993

0.1957

0.1893

   
 

(0.0060)

(0.0056)

(0.0055)

   

Years of education

0.0524

0.0279

0.0254

0.0597

0.0435

0.0415

 

(0.0003)

(0.0003)

(0.0003)

(0.0001)

(0.0002)

(0.0002)

Age

0.0414

0.0331

0.0310

0.0500

0.0431

0.0422

 

(0.0005)

(0.0005)

(0.0005)

(0.0003)

(0.0003)

(0.0003)

Age2

−0.0005

−0.0004

−0.0004

−0.0006

−0.0005

−0.0005

 

(0.0000)

(0.0000)

(0.0000)

(0.0000)

(0.0000)

(0.0000)

Additional controls

      

Occupation

 

y

y

 

y

y

Industry

  

y

  

y

R 2

0.2560

0.3580

0.3827

0.2613

0.3123

0.3251

No of obs

429,543

429,543

429,543

1,331,883

1,331,883

1,331,883

  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. The regressions in columns (1)–(3) only include individuals who are Indigenous. The regressions in columns (4)–(6) only include individuals who are Mestizos. The omitted category in columns (1)–(3) is Monolingual Indigenous, and the omitted category in columns (4)–(6) is Bilingual
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