Table 10 Mean and median earnings change by employment transition, Egypt 2008 to 2009
From: What happened to real earnings in Egypt, 2008 to 2009?
a: Sector of work | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sector in 2009 | ||||||
Sector in 2008 | Agriculture | Ind/Const | Trade/Services | |||
Agriculture | Mean | −852 | −97 | −921 | ||
Median | −456 | −115 | −222 | |||
% positive | 38% | 48% | 45% | |||
n obs | 1,002 | 38 | 92 | |||
Industry/Construction | Mean | −1,342 | −1,411 | −154 | ||
Median | −963 | −641 | −258 | |||
% positive | 32% | 37% | 42% | |||
n obs | 37 | 507 | 104 | |||
Trade/Services | Mean | −3,878 | −966 | −842 | ||
Median | −1,148 | −947 | −349 | |||
% positive | 39% | 42% | 44% | |||
n obs | 54 | 87 | 1,559 | |||
b: Employer Relationship | ||||||
Employer Relationship in 2009 | ||||||
Relationship in 2008 | Public Wage | Private Wage | Employer | Self-employed | Unpaid | |
Public Wage | Mean | −614 | −116 | |||
Median | −109 | 210 | ||||
% positive | 47% | 51% | ||||
n obs | 1,053 | 39 | ||||
Private Wage | Mean | −640 | −846 | 984 | −178 | −1,815 |
Median | −188 | −641 | 808 | −235 | −1,661 | |
% positive | 47% | 37% | 61% | 46% | 12% | |
n obs | 124 | 566 | 78 | 71 | 20 | |
Employer | Mean | −2,956 | −2,481 | −3,441 | ||
Median | −2,364 | −1,482 | −1,744 | |||
% positive | 15% | 32% | 23% | |||
n obs | 61 | 390 | 68 | |||
Self-employed | Mean | −3,388 | 19 | −953 | −1,116 | |
Median | −1,719 | −205 | −471 | −603 | ||
% positive | 22% | 47% | 38% | 33% | ||
n obs | 65 | 93 | 331 | 95 | ||
Unpaid | Mean | 2,047 | 305 | −277 | ||
Median | 1,644 | 245 | −230 | |||
% positive | 93% | 59% | 39% | |||
n obs | 20 | 47 | 274 | |||