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Table 8 Log-earnings regressions by education quartiles: MxFLS data

From: Acculturation and the labor market in Mexico

 

Education quartiles

 

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Identify as indigenous

−0.1230

−0.0762

−0.1705

−0.0247

 

(0.0568)

(0.0677)

(0.1920)

(0.0861)

Indigenous language

−0.0941

−0.1025

−0.6173

−0.2570

 

(0.0693)

(0.0899)

(0.3163)

(0.1236)

Years of education

–

–

–

–

Age

0.0536

0.0652

0.0762

0.0733

 

(0.0062)

(0.0084)

(0.0315)

(0.0110)

Age2

−0.0006

−0.0007

−0.0009

−0.0007

 

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

(0.0005)

(0.0001)

Test score

0.0402

0.0604

0.0944

0.1007

 

(0.0130)

(0.0160)

(0.0582)

(0.0202)

Additional controls

    

Occupation

y

y

y

y

R 2

0.2083

0.1589

0.2890

0.2302

No of obs

4813

3209

270

2376

  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. The cut-offs for the education quartiles are: 6, 9, and 10 years of education