Ethnic Disparities in the Graduate Labour Market

Table 6

Decomposition Estimates of ethnic wage differentials for graduates, students, and dropouts by gender.

	MEN		WOMEN
	Coef.	𝑧	Coef.	𝑧
Graduates
Dutch-Mediterranean difference	−0.012	−0.68	−0.043	−2.78
explained	−0.003	−0.42	0.000	−0.10
unexplained	−0.009	−0.55	−0.043	−2.80
Dutch-Caribbean difference	0.026	1.51	0.003	0.26
explained	0.026	3.74	0.017	3.97
unexplained	0.000	−0.02	−0.014	−1.10
Dutch-Western difference	−0.005	−0.49	0.041	5.09
explained	0.011	2.86	0.014	5.51
unexplained	−0.016	−1.76	0.028	3.58
Graduates before graduation
Dutch-Mediterranean difference	−0.176	−5.83	−0.110	−3.97
explained	−0.093	−7.36	−0.093	−7.23
unexplained	−0.083	−3.04	−0.013	−0.53
Dutch-Caribbean difference	−0.084	−3.53	−0.046	−2.18
explained	−0.064	−5.64	−0.072	−6.94
unexplained	−0.020	−0.86	0.026	1.31
Dutch-Western difference	−0.052	−3.33	−0.020	−1.50
explained	−0.050	−8.37	−0.027	−4.65
unexplained	−0.002	−0.14	0.007	0.56
Drop-outs
Dutch-Mediterranean difference	0.013	0.64	−0.030	−1.21
explained	−0.031	−3.87	−0.013	−1.48
unexplained	0.044	2.39	−0.018	−0.75
Dutch-Caribbean difference	0.021	1.19	0.009	0.52
explained	0.014	1.83	0.001	0.16
unexplained	0.007	0.42	0.008	0.49
Dutch-Western difference	0.019	1.44	0.011	0.78
explained	0.005	1.01	0.120	2.22
unexplained	0.013	1.10	−0.001	−0.07

Note that the coefficient is significant at 5% if 𝑧 > 1.96 and significant at 1% if 𝑧 > 2.575. Significant coefficients are in bold.