PROPOSED IMMIGRATION POLICY REFORM & FARM LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES



Table 3 Probit model estimates for legal status treatment

Variable

Parameter Estimatea

Standard Error

Constant

-0.5119***

0.0733

Farm Work Weeks

-0.0093***

0.0010

Years with Employer

0.0680***

0.0056

English

0.2464***

0.0134

Years since Immigration

0.0563***

0.0026

After 2001

-0.3544***

0.0276

Weeks Spent Abroad

-0.0192***

0.0013

After 1986____________________

___________________-0.7906***

____________0.0402

a Triple asterisks (***) indicate statistical significance at 1% level.

Table 4 Estimated parameters from parametric wage regressions for treated and untreated

groups

Variable

Authorized Status (Treated)

Unauthorized Status (Untreated)

Parameter a
______
Estimate

Standard

________Error

Parameter b
______
Estimate

Standard

________Error

Constant

1.68363***

0.04438

1.73827***

0.01594

Age

0.00821***

0.00205

0.00122

0.00083

Age sq.

-0.00012***

0.00002

-0.00003**

0.00001

Farm Work Last Year

0.00530***

0.00086

0.00386***

0.00055

Experience

0.00328***

0.00111

0.00704***

0.00108

Experience sq.

-0.00005**

0.00002

-0.00019***

0.00004

English

0.03114***

0.00467

0.01498***

0.00417

Female

-0.06034***

0.00785

-0.04470***

0.00555

Piece Rate

0.21334***

0.00992

0.18298***

0.00746

Grower

0.07502***

0.00651

0.05197***

0.00487

Seasonal Worker

-0.04230***

0.00551

-0.01224***

0.00359

Education

0.00455***

0.00095

0.00534***

0.00059

Foreign Farm Work

Experience

0.00189

0.00569

0.01565***

0.00436

After 2001

0.11875***

0.00496

0.06282***

0.00319

California

0.04137***

0.00447

0.04523***

0.00408

Rho_______________

0.04599***

0.00799

0.03842***

0.00799

a, bTriple and double asterisks (***, **) indicate statistical significance at 1% and 5% levels of significance,
respectively.

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