Table 14 Determinants of change in log earnings, by gender
From: What happened to real earnings in Egypt, 2008 to 2009?
Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|
Log earnings in 2008 | −0.4879*** | −0.6533*** |
Age | 0.0354*** | 0.0351 |
Age-squared | −0.0004*** | −0.0004 |
Married | 0.2429*** | −0.1033* |
Illiterate/no formal schooling (omitted) | ||
Basic education/literacy | 0.0192 | 0.0206 |
Completed Primary | 0.0515 | 0.1422 |
Secondary education | 0.0747** | 0.1005 |
University degree | 0.2301*** | 0.2564*** |
Metropolitan (omitted) | ||
Lower Urban | 0.0744 | 0.0793 |
Lower Rural | −0.0448 | −0.0411 |
Upper Urban | −0.0384 | −0.1535 |
Upper Rural | −0.1243** | −0.1631* |
wage worker public (omitted) | ||
wage worker private | −0.0403 | −0.1930* |
employer | 0.0024 | −0.0382 |
self employed | −0.0206 | −0.3898** |
unpaid worker | −0.0503 | −0.2502 |
Formal worker | 0.0703** | 0.2116** |
Agriculture (omitted) | ||
Manu/Const | 0.0337 | 0.1795 |
Trade/Services | 0.0260 | 0.2113** |
Poor in 2008 | −0.0160 | −0.0198 |
Constant | 3.2490*** | 4.4566*** |
n | 2439 | 1042 |
R-squared | 0.2672 | 0.3311 |