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

Table 9: GL cross wage elasticities between nativity groups in 140 LMAs

	Impact of a Change in Nativity Group within:
	24 Age*Qual Skill-Groups						5 Predicted Occ Skill-Groups
	NZ		EM		RM		NZ		EM		RM
on Wages of	using SUR estimation
NZ	0.003	**	-0.002		-0.001	**	0.001		-0.001		0.000
EM	-0.008		0.005		0.008	**	-0.005		0.005		0.002
RM	-0.017	**	0.024	**	-0.002		-0.001		0.005		0.002
on Wages of	using IV-3SLS estimation
NZ	0.008		-0.005		-0.003		0.003		-0.002		-0.001	*
EM	-0.024		0.016		0.020		-0.008		-0.013		0.025	**
RM	-0.038		0.061		-0.006		-0.021	*	0.079	**	-0.073
Obs (Potn Obs/% Emp)	2,757 (10,080 / 89.1%)						2,070 (2,100 / 99.9%)

Note: Each row reports the (transformed) estimates from one equation of the three-equation system of factor demands described in equation (14). NZ = New Zealand-born, EM = earlier migrants and RM = recent migrants.

** 5% Significance, * 10% Significance

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