The impact of immigration on the labour market outcomes of New Zealanders

Table 10: GL wage elasticities between nativity-skill-groups across 140 LMAs (IV-3SLS)

		Impact of a Change in:
		New Zealand Born						Earlier Migrants						Recent Migrants
on wages of		LegProfMgr		Tech/Trade		Serv&Plant		LegProfMgr		Tech/Trade		Serv&Plant		LegProfMgr		Tech/Trade		Serv&Plant
New Zealand-Born	LegProfMgr	-0.298	**	0.074	**	0.265	**	-0.027	**	-0.028	**	0.014		-0.018	**	0.004		0.013	**
	Tech/Trade	0.108	**	-0.413	**	-0.015		0.010		0.027	**	-0.049	**	0.029	**	-0.009		-0.012	*
	Serv&Plant	0.203	**	-0.008		-0.693	**	0.024	**	0.006		0.016	*	-0.004		0.001		-0.002
Earlier Migrants	LegProfMgr	-0.113	**	0.028		0.132	**	-0.640	**	-0.016		0.002		-0.002		0.021	**	0.004
	Tech/Trade	-0.205	**	0.137	**	0.057		-0.029		-0.843	**	0.165	**	0.020		-0.027	*	0.033	**
	Serv&Plant	0.061		-0.150	**	0.093	*	0.002		0.100	**	-1.052	**	-0.010		-0.009		-0.023	**
Recent Migrants	LegProfMgr	-0.223	**	0.254	**	-0.059		-0.005		0.034		-0.029		-0.837	**	0.029		-0.017
	Tech/Trade	0.092		-0.128		0.035		0.111	**	-0.080	*	-0.042		0.050		-0.923	**	-0.019
	Serv&Plant	0.185	**	-0.121	*	-0.041		0.016		0.066	**	-0.074	**	-0.020		-0.013		-1.075	**

Notes: Each row reports the (transformed) estimates from one equation of a nine-equation system of factor demands of the form described in equation (14). LegProfMgr aggregates Legislators, Administrators, and Managers; and Professionals, Tech/Trade aggregates Technicians, Associate Professionals; and Trade Workers, and Serv&Plant aggregates the remaining occupation groups. 414 observations out of a total of 420 potential observations were used in the estimates, accounting for 99.9% of employment.

** 5% Significance, * 10% Significance

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