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Table 7 Effect of acculturation on earnings conditional on cognitive ability

From: Acculturation and the labor market in Mexico

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Indigenous language

−0.1855

−0.1107

−0.1889

−0.1149

−0.1714

−0.1031

 

(0.0633)

(0.0621)

(0.0626)

(0.0617)

(0.0622)

(0.0616)

Years of education

0.0745

0.0372

0.0686

0.0338

0.0663

0.0323

 

(0.0077)

(0.0084)

(0.0080)

(0.0086)

(0.0080)

(0.0085)

Age

0.0888

0.0813

0.0860

0.0797

0.0874

0.0808

 

(0.0131)

(0.0127)

(0.0131)

(0.0127)

(0.0131)

(0.0127)

Age2

−0.0010

−0.0010

−0.0010

−0.0009

−0.0010

−0.0010

 

(0.0002)

(0.0002)

(0.0002)

(0.0002)

(0.0002)

(0.0002)

Test score

  

0.0869

0.0592

0.0822

0.0558

   

(0.0267)

(0.0256)

(0.0264)

(0.0253)

Speak Spanish at home

    

0.3701

0.2964

     

(0.1260)

(0.1268)

Additional controls

      

Occupation

 

y

 

y

 

y

R 2

0.2387

0.3128

0.2451

0.3158

0.2515

0.3198

No of obs

1286

1286

1286

1286

1286

1286

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