# **8. ANNEX**

# **Table A1 Estimates Based on Equation (1)**

|**a. PRESTIGE INDEX**||**DECADE: 1970-19**|**79**|**DECADE**|**: 1980-1989**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**CENSUS 1980**|**CENSUS 1990**|**CENSUS 2000**|**CENSUS 1990**|**CENSUS 2000**|
|**Age**|0.0170***|0.00514|-0.0109**|0.0127***|0.00411***|
||[0.00230]|[0.00320]|[0.00436]|[0.00113]|[0.00142]|
|**Age squared**|-0.000218***|-0.0000787*|7.94e-05*|-0.000172***|-7.58e-05***|
||[0.0000386]|[0.0000405]|[4.43e-05]|[1.64e-05]|[1.64e-05]|
|**Years since arrival (dummy with value 1**<br>|-0.0415***<br>|-0.0260***<br>|-0.0254***<br>|-0.0331***<br>|-0.0204***<br>|
|**for second half of the decade)**|[0.00299]|[0.00328]|[0.00357]|[0.00231]|[0.00229]|
|**EDUCATION DUMMIES**||||||
|**five to nine years of education**|0.0285***|0.0282***|0.0311***|0.00750**|0.0142***|
||[0.00420]|[0.00438]|[0.00486]|[0.00357]|[0.00368]|
|**ten to twelve years of education**|0.0593***|0.0492***|0.0555***|0.0173***|0.0388***|
||[0.00515]|[0.00565]|[0.00640]|[0.00397]|[0.00407]|
|**high-school level**|0.0978***|0.0854***|0.0914***|0.0508***|0.0639***|
||[0.00513]|[0.00526]|[0.00571]|[0.00378]|[0.00384]|
|**some college**|0.194***|0.202***|0.209***|0.146***|0.179***|
||[0.00657]|[0.00638]|[0.00703]|[0.00461]|[0.00461]|
|**Bachelor's Degree or higher**|0.453***|0.476***|0.515***|0.389***|0.447***|
||[0.00636]|[0.00679]|[0.00734]|[0.00492]|[0.00484]|
|**Constant**|5.636***|5.683***|6.304***|5.809***|5.987***|
||[0.0815]|[0.129]|[0.134]|[0.0526]|[0.0917]|
|**Observations**<br>|41234|39445|35880|75851|78745|
|**Country fixed effects**|yes|yes|yes|yes|yes|
|**R-squared**|0.41|0.40|0.40|0.37|0.36|
|**b. EDUCATION INDEX 2**||**DECADE: 1970-19**|**79**|**DECADE**|**: 1980-1989**|
||**CENSUS 1980**<br>|**CENSUS 1990**<br>|**CENSUS 2000**<br>|**CENSUS 1990**<br>|**CENSUS 2000**<br>|
|**Age**|0.00140*|0.00141|-0.00202|0.00236***|0.00163***|
||[0.000723]|[0.00105]|[0.00147]|[0.000351]|[0.000479]|
|**Age squared**|-0.00000958|-0.0000216|1.31E-05|-3.20e-05***|-2.61e-05***|
||[0.0000125]|[0.0000134]|[1.49e-05]|[5.17e-06]|[5.52e-06]|
|**Years since arrival (dummy with value 1**|-0.0107***|-0.00742***|-0.00919***|-0.00912***|-0.00682***|
|**for second half of the decade)**|[0.00103]|[0.00109]|[0.00119]|[0.000749]|[0.000776]|
|**EDUCATION DUMMIES**||||||
|**five to nine years of education**|0.00856***|0.00895***|0.0134***|0.00168|0.00811***|
||[0.00116]|[0.00138]|[0.00163]|[0.00104]|[0.00124]|
|**ten to twelve years of education**|0.0190***|0.0191***|0.0252***|0.00848***|0.0188***|
||[0.00151]<br>|[0.00178]<br>|[0.00218]<br>|[0.00116]<br>|[0.00136]<br>|
|**high-school level**|0.0364***|0.0403***|0.0474***|0.0262***|0.0369***|
|<br>|[0.00160]<br>|[0.00171]<br>|[0.00193]<br>|[0.00115]<br>|[0.00130]<br>|
|**some college**|0.0844***|0.0917***|0.101***|0.0689***|0.0888***|
||[0.00229]|[0.00218]|[0.00244]|[0.00152]|[0.00161]|
|**Bachelor's Degree or higher**|0.204***|0.201***|0.215***|0.167***|0.192***|
||[0.00229]|[0.00229]|[0.00250]|[0.00166]|[0.00169]|
|**Constant**|2.489***|2.473***|2.586***|2.549***|2.556***|
||[0.0350]|[0.0489]|[0.0526]|[0.0178]|[0.0224]|
|**Observations**|41234|39445|35880|75851|78745|
|**Country fixed effects**|yes|yes|yes|yes|yes|
|**R-squared**|0.546|0.538|0.53|0.52|0.51|

*** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1 Robust standard errors in brackets

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