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| 2 | this table displays the results of changes in entry earnings and contributing factors between the 1981 and 1988 landing cohorts and between the 1988 and 1999 landing cohorts between 1981 and 1988 landing cohorts, between 1988 and 1999 landing cohorts, all new immigrants and principal applicants in the economic class, calculated using 2011 constant dollars and proportion units of measure (appearing as column headers) |  |  |  |  |
| 3 |  | between 1981 and 1988 landing cohorts |  | between 1988 and 1999 landing cohorts |  |
| 4 |  | all new immigrants | principal applicants in the economic class | all new immigrants | principal applicants in the economic class |
| 5 |  | 2011 constant dollars |  |  |  |
| 6 | men |  |  |  |  |
| 7 | total change | -3,600 | -4,700 | -200 | -1,700 |
| 8 | changes caused by changes in characteristics | -3,700 | -4,800 | 3,500 | 3,500 |
| 9 |  | proportion |  |  |  |
| 10 | contributing factors |  |  |  |  |
| 11 | age at landing | -0.14 | -0.40 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| 12 | immigration class | 0.41 | 0.17 | 0.33 | 0.09 |
| 13 | educational attainment at landing | -0.01 | -0.14 | 0.69 | 1.21 |
| 14 | source region | 0.88 | 1.24 | -0.21 | -0.44 |
| 15 | language | 0.37 | 0.43 | -0.10 | -0.26 |
| 16 | geographic distribution | -0.16 | -0.13 | -0.02 | 0.02 |
| 17 | regional unemployment rate | -0.36 | -0.17 | 0.06 | 0.10 |
| 18 | pre-landing canadian work experience | .. | .. | 0.22 | 0.24 |
| 19 |  | 2011 constant dollars |  |  |  |
| 20 | women |  |  |  |  |
| 21 | total change | 2,600 | 4,800 | -1,500 | -1,000 |
| 22 | changes caused by changes in characteristics | 500 | 2,400 | 1,200 | 2,700 |
| 23 |  | proportion |  |  |  |
| 24 | contributing factors |  |  |  |  |
| 25 | age at landing | 0.32 | 0.24 | 0.02 | 0.00 |
| 26 | immigration class | 0.57 | -0.01 | -0.09 | -0.07 |
| 27 | educational attainment at landing | 0.79 | 0.48 | 1.13 | 1.10 |
| 28 | source region | -0.64 | 0.08 | -0.24 | -0.07 |
| 29 | language | -1.01 | 0.10 | -0.13 | -0.12 |
| 30 | geographic distribution | 1.77 | 0.79 | -0.10 | -0.19 |
| 31 | regional unemployment rate | -0.81 | -0.68 | 0.05 | 0.00 |
| 32 | pre-landing canadian work experience | .. | .. | 0.35 | 0.35 |

Question: what percentage of the accounted-for rise in earnings of men between 1988 and 1999 is accounted by rising educational attainment at landing of immigrants?
Answer: 0.69

Question: what is the most significant factor putting upward pressure on entry earnings for immigrant men?
Answer: educational attainment at landing

Question: changing characteristics had less effect on the entry earnings of which group during the 1990s, immigrant women or immigrant men?
Answer: women

Question: how much average entry earnings was improved by changing characteristics for women?
Answer: 1200

Question: how much average entry earnings was improved by changing characteristics for men?
Answer: 3500

Question: how much did entry earnings among men decline between the 1981 and 1988 landing cohorts?
Answer: -3600

Question: how much did entry earnings rise among new immigrant women between the 1981 and 1988 landing cohorts?
Answer: 2600

Question: how much of the total increase in immigrant women's entry earnings between the 1981 and 1988 landing cohorts was caused by the included explanatory variables?
Answer: 500

Question: how much did immigrant women's entry earnings between the 1981 and 1988 landing cohorts increase?
Answer: 2600