Table 2 Characteristics of sampled workers by their hiring channel
Workers hired through channel: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
formal | informal | Difference | Total | |
number of workers | 555 | 1018 | -463 | 1573 |
same ethnicity as firm’s head | 71 | 214 | -143 ∗∗∗ | 285 |
same family as firm’s head | 30 | 150 | -120 ∗∗∗ | 180 |
job: managers | 32 | 23 | 9 ∗∗∗ | 55 |
skilled white collar | 101 | 71 | 30 ∗∗∗ | 172 |
skilled blue collar | 238 | 351 | -113 ∗∗∗ | 589 |
unskilled workers | 183 | 569 | -386 ∗∗∗ | 752 |
mean education (years) | 13.0 | 10.5 | 2.5 ∗∗∗ | 11.4 |
(4.73) | (4.62) | (0.26) | (4.81) | |
mean previous experience (years) | 5.0 | 4.1 | 0.9 ∗∗∗ | 4.5 |
(6.39) | (6.06) | (0.34) | (6.19) | |
mean age at hiring (years) | 29.9 | 28.8 | 1.1 ∗∗∗ | 29.2 |
(7.41) | (8.34) | (0.42) | (8.04) | |
gender: male | 447 | 840 | -393 | 1287 |
marital status: married | 377 | 647 | -270 ∗∗ | 1024 |
origin: Dakar | 220 | 426 | -206 | 646 |
other in Senegal | 311 | 546 | -235 | 857 |
other | 24 | 45 | -21 | 69 |
weekly work hours | 43.2 | 43.3 | -0.1 | 43.2 |
(8.51) | (9.98) | (0.50) | (9.48) | |
mean ln real monthly salary | 11.2 | 10.9 | 0.3 ∗∗∗ | 11.0 |
(0.87) | (0.86) | (0.05) | (0.88) | |