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Table 12 Determinants of change in log earnings, Egypt 2008 to 2009

From: What happened to real earnings in Egypt, 2008 to 2009?

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Log earnings in 2008

−0.4655***

−0.5226***

−0.5352***

−0.5359***

 

Predicted log earnings in 2008

    

−0.2818***

Male

0.4423***

0.3258***

0.2734***

0.2828***

0.1474***

Age

0.0510***

0.0423***

0.0412***

0.0408***

0.0235**

Age-squared

−0.0006***

−0.0005***

−0.0005***

−0.0005***

−0.0003**

Married

0.1082**

0.1461***

0.1441***

0.1475***

0.0798**

Illiterate/no formal schooling (omitted)

     

Basic education/literacy

0.1130***

0.0417

0.0204

0.0214

0.0058

Completed Primary

0.1471***

0.0761**

0.0653*

0.0693*

0.039

Secondary education

0.2298***

0.1056***

0.0860***

0.0877***

0.0677**

University degree

0.4033***

0.2518***

0.2189***

0.2243***

0.1486***

Metropolitan (omitted)

     

Lower Urban

0.0723

0.0673

0.0627

0.064

0.0882

Lower Rural

−0.0764*

−0.0501

−0.0515

−0.0613

−0.0146

Upper Urban

−0.0754

−0.0722

−0.0861

−0.0898

−0.0623

Upper Rural

−0.1771***

−0.1417***

−0.1183**

−0.1327**

−0.0999**

Working Housewife

 

−0.2626***

−0.1251*

−0.1387**

−0.0996

wage worker public (omitted)

     

wage worker private

 

−0.0574**

−0.013

−0.0029

−0.0384

employer

 

0.0381

−0.0922

−0.0602

−0.1909***

self employed

 

−0.1214***

−0.0781

−0.0558

−0.0976

unpaid worker

 

−0.0447

0.2694***

0.2966***

0.3550***

Formal worker

 

0.0852***

   

Agriculture (omitted)

     

Manu/Const

 

0.0877**

 

0.0944***

0.060*

Trade/Services

 

0.0943**

 

0.0934**

0.068**

Poor in 2008

 

−0.0051

0.0053

0.0036

0.1438***

wage wkr public in 09 (omitted)

     

wage wkr private in 09

  

−0.0225

−0.0336

−0.0482

employer in 09

  

0.3171***

0.2557***

0.1958***

self employed in 09

  

−0.0619

−0.092

−0.0675

unpaid worker in 09

  

−0.4984***

−0.5534***

−0.5460***

Informal-informal (omitted)

     

Informal-formal

  

0.1049**

0.1210***

0.1135***

Formal-informal

  

−0.007

−0.0027

−0.0762*

Formal-formal

  

0.1470***

0.1559***

0.0517*

Agri - Agri (omitted)

     

Agri - Manu/Const

  

0.2356***

  

Agri - Trade/Services

  

0.1099

  

Manu/Const - Agri

  

−0.1032

  

Manu/Const - Manu/Const

  

0.1575***

  

Manu/Const - Trade/Services

  

0.1642**

  

Trade/Services - Agri

  

−0.1306

  

Trade/Services - Manu/Const

  

0.1405**

  

Trade/Services - Trade/Services

  

0.1548***

  

Constant

2.3032***

3.0926***

3.1953***

3.2530***

1.6737***

n

3481

3481

3480

3481

3481

R-squared

0.2358

0.2728

0.3471

0.3411

0.1297

  1. Notes: legend: * p < 0.10; ** p < 0.05; *** p < 0.01. Standard errors account for strata and clusters in sample survey design. Column (5) uses bootstrapped standard errors.
  2. Source: HIECPS, Feb 2008 to Feb 2009 (CAPMAS 2009).