Table 2: OLS estimations of log daily wages, men.

Dutch Mediterranean Caribbean Western Age 0.379*** 0.317*** 0.291*** 0.368*** Age-squared −0.006*** −0.005*** −0.005*** −0.006*** Years of education-HBO −0.003 0.003 −0.004 0.011 Years of education-WO −0.021*** −0.023 −0.031 −0.004 Started in WO 0.115*** 0.184 0.063 0.042 Switched from HBO to WO-graduated −0.13*** −0.134** −0.128** −0.147*** Switched from HBO to WO-dropout 0.026 −0.062 0.004 0.042 Years experience during study-HBO 0.067*** 0.051** 0.076*** 0.040*** Years experience during study-WO 0.043*** 0.033 0.086*** 0.036** Years since graduation-HBO 0.305*** 0.265*** 0.255*** 0.314*** Years since graduation-HBO-squared –0.029*** −0.026*** −0.021*** −0.032*** Years since graduation-WO 0.412*** 0.251** 0.402*** 0.429*** Years since graduation-WO-squared −0.050*** −0.024 −0.033* −0.055*** Years experience during interruption 0.073*** 0.034 0.079* 0.138*** Years experience after dropping out-HBO 0.074** 0.380 0.103 0.053 Years experience after dropping out-WO 0.179*** 0.220*** 0.172*** 0.189*** Drop-out 0.356*** 0.323*** 0.308*** 0.330*** Years since dropout-HBO −0.005 0.010 0.004 –0.075 Years since dropout-WO −0.005 −0.363 −0.007 0.021 Graduated at HBO level 0.062*** 0.032 0.061 0.019 Graduated at WO level 0.041** 0.111 0.008 0.015 Educational studies 0.052*** 0.090 0.050 0.030 Humanities −0.007 −0.002 0.067 −0.076 Economics and law 0.092*** 0.112 0.083 0.056 Natural sciences 0.021* 0.024 0.034 −0.012 Health 0.076*** 0.016 0.088 0.021 Social services 0.013 0.122 0.114 −0.068 Cohabiting 0.033*** 0.032 0.043* 0.042*** Constant −1.738*** −0.944 −0.396 −1.506** N 204457 5598 6731 16923 R-squared 0.321 0.235 0.24 0.267

* P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001. Note that nongraduated, noncohabiting and year 1999 are the associated reference groups for graduates, cohabiting and years.