Table 6 Description of variables used in the empirical analysis (Sections 1 and 1)
Variables | Description |
|---|---|
Firms: | |
Sector | Categorical variable indicating the manufacturing sector to which afirm belongs |
Location | Dummy variable indicating whether a firm is located in Dakar or elsewhere |
Public firms | Dummy variable categorizing a firm as public if more than 45% of itscapital belongs to State |
Owner and director | Dummy variable indicating whether the owner of a firm is also its directoror manager |
Mainly informal hiring channels | Number of firms that declared to mainly hire through informal channels |
Number of employees | Number of employees working in a firm |
Workers: | |
Education | Number of years of education |
Previous experience | Number of year of experience before being hired in current firm |
Age | Worker’s age at hiring time |
Gender | Dummy variable indicating worker’s gender |
Origin | Categorical variable indicating worker’s place of origin |
Marital status | Dummy variable indicating whether a worker is married |
Same ethnicity as firm’s head | Dummy variable indicating whether a worker belongs to the same ethnicgroup as the owner or the manager running the firm |
Same family as firm’s head | Dummy variable indicating whether a worker belongs to the extended familyof the owner or the manager running the firm |
Job | Categorical variable indicating the type of job for which a worker was hired |
Hours worked | Number of hours worked per week |
Ln real monthly salary | Natural logarithm of worker’s monthly salary when she was hired, adjustedfor HCPI |
Hiring channel | Dummy variable stating whether a worker was hired through social network |