Research Article

How Persistent Is the Occupation-Education Mismatch in Canada?

Table 4

Marginal effect of statistically significant variables4.

VariableMarginal effect

Training (from no to yes)43%
Short tenure and time < 12 months 1219%
Recent immigrant and time < 12224%
Nonimmigrant37%
Changing industry158%
Age 25–3430%
Age 35–4413%

Marginal effects represent the change in monthly transition hazard if the variable is altered from the baseline and all other variables are held constant. Baseline of the variables: no training, established immigrant, medium tenure, same industry, and age group 45–54.