From: What happened to real earnings in Egypt, 2008 to 2009?
2008 | Change in earnings | Change in ln earnings | |||||
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Percent of panel workers | Median earnings | Individual characteristics | Mean | Median | Percent positive | Mean | Median |
TOTAL | |||||||
100% | 6,237 | -950 | -446 | 41% | -0.12 | -0.09 | |
Gender | |||||||
30% | 2,964 | Female | -391 | -206 | 44% | -0.16 | -0.08 |
70% | 7,627 | Male | -1,189 | -628 | 40% | -0.11 | -0.10 |
Age | |||||||
31% | 4,648 | 25-34 | -459 | -317 | 43% | -0.09 | -0.08 |
34% | 6,778 | 35-44 | -803 | -421 | 42% | -0.10 | -0.07 |
35% | 7,478 | 45-58 | -1,518 | -639 | 38% | -0.18 | -0.12 |
Education | |||||||
30% | 4,047 | Illiterate/no formal schooling | -781 | -471 | 39% | -0.19 | -0.14 |
12% | 7,010 | Basic education/literacy | -1,534 | -815 | 34% | -0.17 | -0.16 |
10% | 7,072 | Completed Primary | -2,070 | -699 | 41% | -0.14 | -0.10 |
32% | 6,503 | Secondary education | -610 | -287 | 43% | -0.07 | -0.06 |
16% | 8,490 | University degree | -850 | -349 | 46% | -0.04 | -0.05 |
Urban | |||||||
62% | 5,316 | Rural | -648 | -404 | 41% | -0.14 | -0.10 |
38% | 7,783 | Urban | -1,437 | -516 | 42% | -0.10 | -0.08 |
Region | |||||||
17% | 8,272 | Metropolitan | -2,318 | -817 | 39% | -0.13 | -0.14 |
11% | 8,481 | Lower Urban | -413 | -214 | 46% | -0.03 | -0.03 |
38% | 5,421 | Lower Rural | -534 | -287 | 43% | -0.11 | -0.08 |
10% | 6,859 | Upper Urban | -1,053 | -620 | 42% | -0.14 | -0.08 |
24% | 5,068 | Upper Rural | -827 | -522 | 37% | -0.18 | -0.14 |
Type of worker | |||||||
33% | 7,400 | wage worker public | -633 | -117 | 47% | -0.03 | -0.02 |
25% | 5,914 | wage worker private | -628 | -504 | 41% | -0.10 | -0.10 |
15% | 9,324 | employer | -2,809 | -1,803 | 28% | -0.30 | -0.21 |
16% | 4,054 | self employed | -1,077 | -522 | 38% | -0.25 | -0.16 |
10% | 1,925 | unpaid worker | 214 | -70 | 47% | -0.01 | -0.04 |
Informal worker | |||||||
53% | 4,603 | Informal | -838 | -471 | 40% | -0.16 | -0.13 |
47% | 7,827 | Formal | -1,074 | -395 | 42% | -0.08 | -0.06 |
Industry | |||||||
31% | 3,411 | Agriculture | -829 | -427 | 39% | -0.20 | -0.17 |
19% | 7,010 | Manu/Const | -1,200 | -645 | 37% | -0.12 | -0.10 |
51% | 7,151 | Trade/Services | -931 | -361 | 44% | -0.08 | -0.06 |
Poor household in 2008 | |||||||
84% | 6,893 | Non-poor | -1,171 | -601 | 39% | -0.15 | -0.11 |
16% | 3,924 | Poor | 214 | 28 | 52% | 0.00 | 0.01 |