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IZA Journal of European Labor Studies

Table 2 Distribution of native workers in the four occupation tiers (%)

From: Immigration and careers of European workers: effects and the role of policies

Occupation tiers

All natives

 

By individual-years

By individuals

 

Freq.

(1)

%

(2)

Freq.

(3)

%

(4)

First

29,869 9.53

13,256

16.20

 

Second

174,497

55.69

53,921

65.88

Third

42,026

13.41

15,703

19.19

Fourth

66,933

21.36

21,464

26.23

Total

313,325

100.00

104,344

78.44

   

(No. of individuals = 81,843)

  1. Average 1995–2001.
  2. Source: authors calculation based on ECHP data.
  3. Note: Columns (1) and (2) report statistics by individual-years, summing up to the total sample size. Columns (3) and (4) report frequencies and shares of individual who have ever been of each tier. The total frequency is higher that the number of individuals suggesting that some individuals have been employed in different tiers over the period considered.
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