Table 1: Descriptive statistics in 2005.

Dutch Mediter. Caribbean Western Daily wage 122.56 119.97 122.96 121.31 Women 0.51 0.45 0.55 0.52 Age 28.17 29.13 28.93 28.56 Second generation 0.79 0.65 0.87 Immigrated between 08/1995–1996 0.01 0.02 0.18 0.05 Immigrated between 08/1993−1995 0.00 0.04 0.08 0.06 Years of education-HBO 5.42 5.91 6.15 5.72 Years of education-WO 6.77 7.10 7.22 7.00 Started at WO level 0.26 0.18 0.22 0.33 Switched from HBO to WO-graduated 0.09 0.10 0.11 0.08 Switched from HBO to WO-not graduated 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.01 Years experience during study-HBO 1.48 1.78 1.93 1.60 Years experience during study-WO 2.75 3.35 3.29 2.72 Years experience during interruption# 0.09 0.08 0.08 0.08 Graduated at HBO level 0.53 0.45 0.44 0.43 Graduated at WO level 0.22 0.13 0.14 0.23 Years since HBO graduation 4.83 4.40 4.32 4.52 Years since WO graduation 3.04 2.70 2.48 2.80 Years since HBO dropout 5.73 5.22 4.93 5.67 Years since WO dropout 3.43 2.21 2.50 3.47 Educational studies 0.14 0.11 0.09 0.11 Humanities 0.06 0.02 0.04 0.11 Economics and law 0.27 0.45 0.41 0.28 Natural sciences 0.21 0.15 0.19 0.19 Health 0.18 0.11 0.13 0.16 Social Services 0.08 0.12 0.10 0.08 Cohabiting 0.62 0.62 0.46 0.53 N 65418 1660 2431 5902

# Years of experience during interruption measures the experience of those who interrupted their study for a while but eventually graduated.