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Table 7 Change in earnings and log earnings by individual characteristics, Egypt 2008 to 2009

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

2008

 

Change in earnings

Change in ln earnings

(1)

(2)

 

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

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

  1. Source: HIECPS, Feb 2008 to Feb 2009 (CAPMAS 2009).