Acculturation and the labor market in Mexico

Table 9 Log-earnings regressions by cognitive ability quartiles: MxFLS data

	Cognitive ability quartiles
	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
Identify as indigenous	−0.0220	−0.1552	−0.0672	−0.0635
	(0.0690)	(0.0790)	(0.0757)	(0.0830)
Indigenous language	−0.2703	0.0066	−0.2057	−0.1519
	(0.0859)	(0.1004)	(0.1003)	(0.1060)
Years of education	0.0315	0.0326	0.0460	0.0549
	(0.0051)	(0.0053)	(0.0055)	(0.0053)
Age	0.0460	0.0642	0.0740	0.0781
	(0.0082)	(0.0078)	(0.0084)	(0.0095)
Age²	−0.0005	−0.0007	−0.0008	−0.0009
	(0.0001)	(0.0001)	(0.0001)	(0.0001)
Test score	–	–	–	–
Additional controls
Occupation	y	y	y	y
R ²	0.2174	0.2218	0.2459	0.3109
No of obs	2852	2649	2620	2547

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 standardized test-score quartiles are: −0.67304718, 0.0924423, and 0.7972154