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Table 4 Switching impact of the hiring channel on wages: difference between estimated coefficients of wage determinants for workers hired through informal and formal channels

From: Social networks and wages in Senegal’s labor market

β ̂ N β ̂ F

  

same family as firm’s head

-0.082

(0.254)

only same ethnicity as firm’s head

-0.153

(0.175)

job: manager

0.143

(0.428)

   skilled white collar

0.239

(0.210)

   unskilled

-0.242

(0.113)

education (years)

-0.017

(0.056)

previous experience (years)

0.018

(0.040)

previous experience sq. (years)

-0.001

(0.002)

origin: Dakar

0.094

(0.328)

   Senegal

0.056

(0.425)

married

-0.062

(0.119)

gender: male

-0.083

(0.134)

hours worked

-0.004

(0.028)

firm located in Dakar

-0.067

(0.335)

ln of n.employees

0.074

(0.078)

owner and director

0.074

(0.110)

TFP at hiring

-0.117

(0.170)

public firm

-0.027

(0.239)

intercept

0.675

(2.538)

  1. Note: Bootstrap Standard Errors in brackets. Significance levels: : 10% : 5% : 1%.