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

Table 5: Reduced-form regression of impact of recent migrant share on employment and wage in local LMAs

	Employment Rate			Mean Log Hourly Wage
	New Zealand Born	Earlier Migrants	Recent Migrants	New Zealand Born	Earlier Migrants	Recent Migrants
Age-Qualification Skill Groups - 140 LMAs w/ Age/Qual/LMA, Age/Qual/Year, LMA/Year and Year Fixed Effects
Recent Migrant Share	-0.005	-0.147	-0.573**	0.284**	0.157	-0.168
	(0.036)	(0.100)	(0.180)	(0.089)	(0.120)	(0.160)
Observations	9,985	7,712	4,710	9,982	7,583	4,469
R-squared	0.95	0.77	0.82	0.98	0.95	0.93
Predicted Occupation Skill Groups - 140 LMAs w/ Occ/LMA, Occ/Year, LMA/Year, and Year Fixed Effects
Recent Migrant Share	-0.193**	-0.077	-0.509**	1.266**	0.504	-0.289
	(0.047)	(0.140)	(0.140)	(0.400)	(0.360)	(0.250)
Observations	2,100	2,100	2,100	2,100	2,100	2,090
R-squared	1.00	0.99	0.99	1.00	1.00	0.99

Note: Each cell of the table is from a separate regression with the form of equation (1). All regressions are variance weighted by the skill-group population in each LMA for the examined sub-group in a particular year. Standard errors that account for skill-group/LMA clustering are in parentheses. See the note to Table 1 for more information and the text for a description of how predicted occupations are created.

** 5% Significance, * 10% Significance

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