Table 3 Summary statistics—working sample by main group restricted to those working in Australia

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.707

.181

.029

.083

Wage (annual A$)

60,998

(23,446)

59,392*

(22,960)

58,321

(23,265)

54,637***

(23,252)

Ln hourly wage

3.39

(.319)

3.41**

(.322)

3.40

(.315)

3.40*

(.320)

Age

33.2

(5.63)

33.7***

(5.28)

31.7***

(4.28)

32.8

(4.46)

Females (share)

.540

(.498)

.424***

(.494)

.463***

(.499)

.336***

(.472)

Go8 university

.569

(.495)

.625***

(.484)

.600

(.490)

.566

(.496)

Field of study: STEM

.471

(.499)

.609***

(.488)

.605***

(.489)

.676***

(.468)

Humanities

.374

(.484)

.237***

(.425)

.280***

(.449)

.212***

(.409)

Medicine & Health

.154

(.361)

.154

(.361)

.115

(.319)

.112**

(.316)

Worked in last year

.856

(.351)

.763***

(.425)

.706***

(.456)

.636***

(.481)

Employer public sector

.695

(.460)

.655***

(.475)

.666

(.472)

.671*

(.470)

Employer private

.230

(.421)

.275***

(.471)

.233

(.423)

.236

(.424)

Employer other

.075

(.264)

.069

(.254)

.101

(.301)

.093

(.291)

In part-time work

.329

(.470)

.391***

(.488)

.505***

(.500)

.536***

(.499)

Nr observations

13,496

3,449

547

1,595