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Table 6 Effect of ethnic identification on earnings conditional on cognitive ability

From: Acculturation and the labor market in Mexico

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Identify as indigenous

−0.1033

−0.0918

−0.0956

−0.0859

−0.0949

−0.0854

 

(0.0392)

(0.0374)

(0.0392)

(0.0374)

(0.0391)

(0.0374)

Indigenous language

−0.2312

−0.1613

−0.2316

−0.1627

−0.2183

−0.1527

 

(0.0510)

(0.0487)

(0.0507)

(0.0485)

(0.0505)

(0.0484)

Years of education

0.0723

0.0455

0.0662

0.0412

0.0660

0.0411

 

(0.0024)

(0.0026)

(0.0025)

(0.0027)

(0.0025)

(0.0027)

Age

0.0726

0.0660

0.0713

0.0651

0.0714

0.0652

 

(0.0043)

(0.0042)

(0.0043)

(0.0042)

(0.0043)

(0.0042)

Age2

−0.0008

−0.0007

−0.0008

−0.0007

−0.0008

−0.0007

 

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

Test Score

  

0.0686

0.0542

0.0683

0.0540

   

(0.0092)

(0.0089)

(0.0091)

(0.0089)

Speak Spanish at home

    

0.2266

0.1765

     

(0.0904)

(0.0886)

Additional controls:

      

Occupation

 

y

 

y

 

y

R 2

0.2119

0.2580

0.2163

0.2607

0.2170

0.2611

No of obs

10,668

10,668

10,668

10,668

10,668

10,668

  1. Notes: Standard errors in parenthesis. Data from the 2002, 2005, and 2009 MxFLS. Sample includes males ages 16–64 not attending school. The dependent variable is the natural logarithm of annual earnings. All specifications control for year, state of residence, and state of birth