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Table 9 Change in monthly earnings between 2012 and 2016, Canada

From: Short-term earnings mobility in the Canadian and German context: the role of cognitive skills

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Numeracy

164.758** (51.020)

149.534** (51.434)

98.261 (52.779)

41.315 (49.442)

Initial position

Earnings decile in 2012a

− 70.573*** (16.492)

− 79.903*** (18.362)

− 90.075*** (18.148)

− 99.402*** (24.029)

Work characteristics in 2012

Advanced math at workb

 

94.751 (85.715)

88.394 (86.093)

64.600 (83.474)

Advanced reading at workb

 

85.719 (84.010)

26.555 (81.798)

76.947 (72.825)

High discretionc

 

28.380 (75.708)

43.490 (74.343)

73.583 (67.010)

Education

    

VET PSE (below the BA level)d

  

48.073 (127.489)

78.202 (108.759)

non-VET PSE (below the BA level)d

    

BA degree or aboved

  

291.085** (96.151)

261.523** (94.451)

Controls

   

x

Constant

962.432*** (86.513)

922.661*** (85.960)

806.987*** (94.109)

1074.640*** (278.466)

R2

0.02

0.03

0.04

0.25

Observations

1938

  1. Standard errors in parentheses; *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
  2. a2012 earnings decile as a continuous variable
  3. bReference group: little math/reading at work
  4. cReference group: low discretion
  5. dReference group: high-school diploma or less