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Table 5 Descriptive statistics of the mean log wage difference between Germans and natives by qualification level (conditional on equal experience, task qualification, and years)

From: Why to employ both migrants and natives? A study on task-specific substitutabilityWarum gleichzeitig Migranten und Einheimische beschäftigen? Eine Untersuchung der Aufgaben-spezifischen Substituierbarkeit

 

Low skilled

Medium skilled

High skilled

Descriptive statistics across all tasks

mean

−0.0131

−0.0051

−0.0013

s.d.

0.0178

0.0080

0.0075

min

−0.0526

−0.0269

−0.0244

max

0.0206

0.0117

0.0194

Average log wage difference by task

Analytical routine

−0.0157

−0.0097

0.0002

Analytical non-routine

−0.0156

−0.0069

0.0006

Manual routine

−0.0235

−0.0097

0.0001

Manual non-routine

−0.0041

0.0015

−0.0046

Interactive

−0.0066

−0.0008

−0.0030

  1. The log wage difference between migrants and natives with qualification h in task I with experience j at time t is defined as \(\ln (\frac{w_{\mathit{hijmt}}}{w_{\mathit{hijnt}}} )\), which we employ as dependent variable in the estimation