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Table 3 OLS estimates of the wage equation (robust Se)

From: The differential impact of employment in agriculture on wages for rural and non-rural Palestine

Variablea

Non-rural

Rural

Coeff.

P value

Coeff.

P value

Schooling

0.029

0.000

0.019

0.000

Age

0.054

0.000

0.038

0.000

Age square

−0.001

0.000

0.000

0.000

Female

−0.304

0.000

−0.387

0.000

Work in Israel

0.710

0.000

0.587

0.000

Occupation dummiesa

    

 Legislators and senior administrators

0.492

0.000

0.317

0.000

 Professionals and clerks

0.203

0.000

0.051

0.009

 Services and shop sales

0.009

0.570

−0.122

0.000

 Skilled agricultural and fishery workers

(Omitted)

 

(Omitted)

 

 Crafts’ workers

0.009

0.547

0.054

0.002

 Plant and machine operators

−0.051

0.001

−0.055

0.002

 Elementary occupations

−0.070

0.000

−0.091

0.000

Work in agriculture

−0.259

0.000

−0.300

0.000

Constant

2.478

0.000

3.457

0.000

N

156,647

68,609

R-squared

0.6805

0.6973

Mean VIF

4.0

15.2

  1. aQuarterly dummies and governorate dummies are not reported for brevity, and the set of instruments includes the wage plus selection equation variables. The VIF for the work in agriculture is 1.29, for the skilled agricultural and fishery workers is omitted, and for the non-rural inhabitants. For the rural population, the VIF for the work in agriculture is 1.29 and for the skilled agricultural and fishery workers is omitted