Linear regression coefficients for agricultural workers' earnings and compensation on legal status
| Log of monthly earnings | Log of adjusted compensation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline model | Full model | Baseline model | Full model | ||
| Legal status | |||||
| Unauthorized (reference) | — | — | — | — | |
| H-2A worker (1=yes) | 0.124b (0.105) | 0.061c (0.090) | 0.212*c (0.093) | 0.150+ (0.078) | |
| LPR (1=yes) | 0.346***(0.072) | 0.259***(0.070) | 0.346*** (0.072) | 0.260***(0.070) | |
| Human capital | |||||
| Years of education | 0.019* (0.010) | 0.020* (0.010) | |||
| Age at most recent U.S. trip | 0.015 (0.015) | 0.013 (0.015) | |||
| Centered age-squared | >-0.001 (>0.001) | >-0.001 (>0.001) | |||
| No. of prior U.S. trips | 0.008+(0.004) | 0.008+(0.004) | |||
| Duration of U.S. trip (in months) | 0.003*(0.001) | 0.003*(0.001) | |||
| No English (1=yes) | -0.357*(0.139) | -0.357*(0.139) | |||
| Limited English (1=yes) | -0.313*(0.150) | -0.312*(0.150) | |||
| Strong English (reference) | — | — | |||
| U.S. trip controls | |||||
| Interviewed in U.S. | 0.081(0.076) | 0.079(0.076) | |||
| Work-related controls | |||||
| Worked in a border state (1=yes) | -0.166*(0.076) | -0.161*(0.076) | |||
| Intercept | 7.116*** | 6.909*** | 7.115*** | 6.946*** | |
| Adjusted R-squared | 0.079 | 0.189 | 0.081 | 0.189 | |
| N | 639 | 639 | 639 | 639 | |
+ p < 0.10, * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001
a Models are weighted and standard errors adjusted for 143 Mexican community clusters, adj. standard errors are in parentheses, all models include three-year interval dummy controls.
b Indicates temporary workers’ statistically significant difference from legal permanent residents (p <.05).
c Indicates temporary workers’ statistically significant difference from legal permanent residents (p <.10).
Source: Mexican Migration Project 143; sample was limited to non-U.S. citizen, male heads of households who worked in agriculture during their most recent trip to the United States when above the age of 16, from 1987 to 2011.
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