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Table 7 Maximum likelihood estimate of the selectivity corrected earnings equation (Heckman procedure) – no instruments

From: Gender differences in earnings and labor supply in early career: evidence from Kosovo’s school-to-work transition survey

Variable

All

Women

Men

All teenagers

All adults

Adult women

Adult men

Main equation. Dependent variable is hourly wages

Women

0.0367

  

-0.026

0.0494

  

Age

0.0860***

0.1308***

0.0082

-0.0208

0.0923***

0.1554***

0.0403

Education (baseline: Elementary or below)

       

Vocational

0.2637**

0.6488***

0.0665

-0.0499

0.4569***

0.8431***

0.2342

High Secondary

0.4249***

0.8367***

0.1603

0.4166

0.5259***

0.8629***

0.2951*

University or above

0.7268***

1.0824***

0.7276***

(omitted)

0.8160***

1.1172***

0.7224***

Ethnic group (baseline: Albanian)

       

Serbian

-0.7956***

-0.6752***

-0.6802***

-0.8126*

-0.7876***

-0.6139***

-1.0195***

Roma

0.4514*

0.9109**

0.3221

0.6510*

0.2229

0.2056

0.1375

Turkish

0.115

0.2555

-0.1675**

0.7622*

-0.0419

-0.0248

-0.051

Bosnian

-0.3634

-0.0566

(omitted)

0.1085

(omitted)

(omitted)

(omitted)

Constant

-2.9336***

-4.4493***

-0.4023

-1.128

-3.2014***

-5.0084***

-1.6971**

Selection equation. Dependent variable is the decision to participate to the labor market

Women

0.0202

  

-0.2024

0.0799

  

Age

0.1548***

0.1622***

0.1455***

0.1014

0.1767***

0.1977***

0.1418***

Education (baseline: Elementary or below)

       

Vocational

0.3418**

0.6958***

0.1138

0.0413

0.5319***

0.8765***

0.2753

High Secondary

0.4410***

0.7975***

0.2141

0.7221***

0.4373***

0.7298***

0.2386

University or above

0.3191

0.8646***

-0.2526

(omitted)

0.3486

0.8419***

-0.2213

Ethnic group (baseline: Albanian)

       

Serbian

-0.5306***

-0.258

-0.8551***

0.1696

-0.6355***

-0.3339

-1.0323***

Roma

0.1029

0.1203

-0.0207

0.4683

-0.111

-0.5477

-0.1254

Turkish

0.6036**

0.4961

0.647

1.5941***

0.2254

0.1108

0.2246

Bosnian

-0.2245

0.0231

-5.8114***

0.7713

-5.8998***

-5.5195***

-5.9794***

Constant

-4.2419***

-4.7359***

-3.8125***

-3.2221**

-4.7821***

-5.4903***

-3.7677***

athrho

       

Constant

1.4061***

2.0961***

0.1174

1.4905**

1.6171***

2.0918***

1.3142***

lnsigma

       

Constant

-0.3900***

-0.2229**

-0.8711***

-0.1494

-0.4095***

-0.2941**

-0.5743***

N

1250

640

610

454

796

399

397

  1. Note: * p<.1; ** p<.05; *** p<.01.
  2. Source: own elaboration on the ILO School-to-work transition survey of Kosovo.
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