Table 3: OLS estimations of log daily wages, women.

Dutch Mediterre Caribbean Western Age 0.385*** 0.470*** 0.251*** 0.283*** Age-squared −0.007*** −0.009*** −0.004*** −0.005*** Years of education-HBO 0.000 0.006 0.000 −0.003 Years of education-WO 0.005 0.039 0.048* −0.011 Started in WO −0.056*** −0.064 −0.095 0.006 Switched from HBO to WO-graduated −0.093*** −0.014 −0.109*** −0.088*** Switched from HBO to WO-dropout 0.018 0.078 0.054 0.089 Years experience during study-HBO 0.049*** 0.055** 0.064*** 0.045*** Years experience during study-WO 0.041*** 0.028 0.001 0.041** Years since graduation-HBO 0.222*** 0.175*** 0.201*** 0.215*** Years since graduation-HBO-squared −0.021*** −0.013** −0.016*** −0.021*** Years since graduation-WO 0.337*** 0.283*** 0.334*** 0.370*** Years since graduation-WO-squared −0.036*** −0.027 −0.036*** −0.043*** Years experience during interruption 0.150*** 0.174** 0.158*** 0.132*** Years experience after dropping out-HBO 0.101** 0.756*** 0.182 0.133 Years experience after dropping out-WO 0.162*** 0.186*** 0.158*** 0.158*** Drop-out 0.255*** 0.277*** 0.226*** 0.271*** Years since dropout-HBO −0.087*** −0.094 −0.078 −0.074* Years since dropout-WO −0.017 −0.702** −0.117 −0.050 Graduated at HBO level 0.168*** 0.222*** 0.156*** 0.154*** Graduated at WO level 0.098*** 0.076 0.079 0.046 Educational studies 0.062*** 0.062 0.073 0.009 Humanities −0.067*** −0.003 −0.041 −0.063* Economics and law 0.068*** 0.033 0.115** 0.064** Natural sciences −0.046*** −0.060 0.052 −0.020 Health 0.054*** −0.004 0.031 0.014 Social services 0.019* 0.020 0.091* 0.018 Cohabiting 0.027*** −0.008 0.052** 0.025* Constant −1.604*** −2.590** 0.087 −0.320 N 216276 4766 8072 18489 R-squared 0.306 0.25 0.233 0.258

* 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. Standard errors are corrected for multiple observations for each individual.