Research Article
Ethnic Disparities in the Graduate Labour Market
Table 4
Decomposition estimates of ethnic wage differentials, men.
| | Dutch-Mediterranean | Dutch-Caribbean | Dutch-Western | | Coef. | | Coef. | | Coef. | |
| Total difference | −0.036 | −2.79 | 0.019 | 1.57 | 0.017 | 2.16 |
| explained | | | | | | |
| Age | −0.349 | −13.47 | −0.224 | −9.46 | −0.121 | −8.68 | Age-squared | 0.312 | 13.02 | 0.203 | 9.35 | 0.109 | 8.62 | Years of education-HBO | 0.001 | 1.26 | 0.001 | 1.34 | −0.001 | −0.92 | Years of education-WO | −0.010 | −4.26 | −0.004 | −2.36 | 0.007 | 4.18 | Started in WO | 0.011 | 5.37 | 0.005 | 2.98 | −0.007 | −5.17 | Switched from HBO to WO-graduated | 0.002 | 1.49 | 0.001 | 0.67 | −0.002 | −3.10 | Switched from HBO to WO-dropout | 0.000 | −0.78 | 0.000 | −0.64 | 0.000 | −0.98 | Years experience during study-HBO | −0.013 | −4.57 | −0.018 | −6.06 | 0.004 | 2.33 | Years experience during study-WO | 0.009 | 4.88 | 0.001 | 0.41 | −0.006 | −5.10 | Years since graduation-HBO | 0.080 | 6.2 | 0.113 | 10.09 | 0.107 | 13.76 | Years since graduation-HBO-squared | −0.035 | −6.26 | −0.050 | −10.23 | −0.045 | −13.09 | Years since graduation-WO | 0.041 | 5.62 | 0.055 | 10.47 | 0.004 | 0.91 | Years since graduation-WO-squared | −0.013 | −3.65 | −0.021 | −9.22 | −0.002 | −1.01 | Years experience during interruption | 0.000 | 0.19 | 0.003 | 1.69 | 0.001 | 1.30 | Years experience after dropping out-HBO | −0.025 | −4.33 | −0.016 | −3.66 | −0.013 | −4.01 | Years experience after dropping out-WO | 0.001 | 0.93 | 0.001 | 0.85 | −0.004 | −2.50 | Drop-out | −0.039 | −7.39 | −0.027 | −5.81 | −0.022 | −7.47 | Years since dropout-HBO | 0.002 | 0.36 | 0.001 | 0.37 | 0.002 | 1.02 | Years since dropout-WO | 0.000 | −0.22 | 0.000 | −0.10 | 0.000 | 0.07 | Graduated at HBO level | 0.004 | 4.29 | 0.006 | 5.28 | 0.006 | 5.83 | Graduated at WO level | 0.002 | 2.66 | 0.002 | 2.63 | 0.000 | 0.68 | Educational studies | 0.001 | 1.33 | 0.001 | 2.96 | 0.001 | 2.59 | Humanities | 0.000 | −0.53 | 0.000 | −0.32 | 0.000 | 1.07 | Economics and law | −0.013 | −6.4 | −0.008 | −4.81 | 0.000 | −0.26 | Natural sciences | 0.002 | 2.14 | 0.000 | 0.26 | 0.001 | 1.80 | Health | 0.002 | 2.33 | 0.002 | 3.14 | 0.000 | −0.79 | Social services | −0.001 | −1.33 | 0.000 | −0.79 | 0.000 | −0.37 | Cohabiting | 0.001 | 2.83 | 0.005 | 7.89 | 0.003 | 7.38 |
| Total explained | −0.027 | −4.23 | 0.033 | 5.21 | 0.021 | 5.13 |
| unexplained | | | | | | |
| Age | 1.610 | 1.06 | 2.252 | 1.57 | 0.285 | 0.29 | Age-squared | −0.887 | −1.19 | −0.935 | −1.34 | −0.104 | −0.21 | Years of education-HBO | −0.022 | −0.52 | 0.003 | 0.06 | −0.039 | −1.56 | Years of education-WO | 0.002 | 0.08 | 0.012 | 0.43 | −0.028 | −1.42 | Started in WO | −0.012 | −0.71 | 0.011 | 0.64 | 0.023 | 1.53 | Switched from HBO to WO-graduated | 0.000 | −0.11 | −0.001 | −0.24 | 0.001 | 0.27 | Switched from HBO to WO-dropout | 0.001 | 0.83 | 0.000 | 0.30 | 0.000 | −0.20 | Years experience during study-HBO | 0.018 | 0.93 | −0.011 | −0.55 | 0.025 | 2.15 | Years experience during study-WO | 0.004 | 0.29 | −0.026 | −1.61 | 0.006 | 0.59 | Years since graduation-HBO | 0.034 | 1.05 | 0.038 | 1.52 | −0.008 | −0.41 | Years since graduation-HBO-squared | −0.013 | −0.74 | −0.025 | −1.83 | 0.007 | 0.65 | Years since graduation-WO | 0.022 | 1.94 | 0.001 | 0.13 | −0.004 | −0.39 | Years since graduation-WO-squared | −0.012 | −1.93 | −0.005 | −1.20 | 0.003 | 0.57 | Years experience during interruption | −0.002 | −1.03 | 0.000 | 0.22 | 0.000 | −0.37 | Years experience after dropping out-HBO | 0.038 | 1.01 | −0.004 | −0.14 | −0.051 | −1.51 | Years experience after dropping out-WO | −0.019 | −1.2 | −0.002 | −0.37 | 0.003 | 0.44 | Drop-out | 0.010 | 0.81 | 0.013 | 1.22 | 0.007 | 1.00 | Years since dropout-HBO | −0.015 | −0.39 | −0.007 | −0.23 | 0.056 | 1.61 | Years since dropout-WO | 0.023 | 1.40 | 0.000 | 0.03 | −0.003 | −0.57 | Graduated at HBO level | 0.009 | 0.48 | 0.000 | 0.01 | 0.011 | 1.12 | Graduated at WO level | −0.004 | −0.67 | 0.002 | 0.34 | 0.003 | 0.47 | Educational studies | −0.002 | −0.45 | 0.000 | 0.03 | 0.001 | 0.54 | Humanities | 0.000 | −0.04 | −0.002 | −0.86 | 0.005 | 1.58 | Economics and law | −0.009 | −0.27 | 0.004 | 0.14 | 0.013 | 1.13 | Natural sciences | −0.001 | −0.04 | −0.004 | −0.18 | 0.010 | 0.99 | Health | 0.005 | 0.75 | −0.001 | −0.15 | 0.007 | 1.50 | Social services | −0.006 | −1.23 | −0.003 | −1.09 | 0.003 | 1.65 | Cohabiting | 0.000 | 0.04 | −0.004 | −0.49 | −0.005 | −0.67 | Constant | −0.781 | −1.00 | −1.320 | −1.81 | −0.229 | −0.45 |
| Total unexplained | −0.009 | −0.76 | −0.014 | −1.34 | −0.003 | −0.47 |
|
|
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.
|