Table 8 Maximum likelihood estimate of the selectivity corrected earnings equation (Heckman procedure)

Main equation

Dependent variable: hourly wages

Women

-0.053

-0.1243

-0.0513

Age

-0.0057

-0.015

0.0664**

-0.1396*

0.0029

-0.0195

0.0881**

Education (baseline: Elementary or below)

Vocational

0.0867

0.143

0.1987

-0.0521

0.1880*

0.188

0.3729**

High Secondary

0.2307**

0.3872***

0.3032**

0.0418

0.3581***

0.4915***

0.4088**

University or above

0.5488***

0.6705***

0.389

(omitted)

0.6575***

0.7490***

0.4096

Ethnic group (baseline: Albanian)

Serbian

-0.4983***

-0.4674***

-0.8247***

-0.9117***

-0.4147***

-0.3753**

-0.9040***

Roma

0.3592*

0.7149***

0.1064

0.0865

0.3325

0.5200***

-0.0107

Turkish

-0.2666**

-0.4273***

0.0983

-0.3897

-0.1936

-0.4317***

0.1148

Bosnian

0.484

-0.2791**

0.9941**

0.0582

0.8914*

(omitted)

1.0969**

Constant

0.1199

0.1974

-2.2302***

2.7556

-0.1647

0.2672

-2.9048***

Selection equation

Women

-0.1407*

-0.3786**

-0.0678

Age

0.1711***

0.1992***

0.1457***

0.1032

0.1911***

0.2419***

0.1701***

Education (baseline: Elementary or below)

Vocational

0.3595***

0.8007***

0.1193

0.1777

0.4952***

0.9949***

0.2173

High Secondary

0.4145***

0.7777***

0.2468

0.7556***

0.3700**

0.7132***

0.2335

University or above

0.1833

0.6754**

-0.2097

(omitted)

0.1522

0.6413**

-0.1527

Ethnic group (baseline: Albanian)

Serbian

-0.4498**

-0.1505

-0.6671***

0.2207

-0.5591***

-0.2078

-0.7729***

Roma

-0.0315

0.2148

-0.182

0.4004

-0.2892

-0.545

-0.3702

Turkish

0.6105*

0.8234

0.4349

1.7287***

0.2551

0.3639

0.2535

Bosnian

0.3313

0.0022

0.6972

1.0258

-0.1028

-5.4657***

0.8664

Main goal in life is:

Contributing to social life

-0.4297**

-0.3254

-0.4601**

-5.4936***

-0.2353

-0.1576

-0.3939*

Gaining all types of experiences

-0.6477**

-0.7631*

-0.3404

-0.5639

-0.6681**

-0.6457

-0.4337*

Number of sons and daughters

-0.2574**

-0.4424***

-0.1231

-5.2412***

-0.2568**

-0.4902***

-0.0945

Number of brothers

-0.0578

-0.1120*

-0.066

-0.0597

-0.1511**

0.0497

Constant

-4.2022***

-5.2032***

-3.5979***

-2.9289*

-4.6713***

-6.0678***

-4.2588***

Athrho

Constant

-0.1775

-0.2811**

1.2599***

-0.1402

-0.2468

-0.4143***

1.7034***

Lnsigma

Constant

-0.6436***

-0.6573***

-0.3105***

-0.5576***

-0.6784***

-0.6512***

-0.2735***

Statistics

N

1336

657

679

472

864

414

450

Rho

-0.18

-0.27

0.85

-0.14

-0.24

-0.39

0.94

Sigma

0.53

0.52

0.73

0.57

0.51

0.52

0.76

Lambda

-0.92

-0.14

0.62

-0.08

-0.12

-0.2

0.72

Likelihood ratio test of independent equations

1.14

4.84

24.3

0.06

2.51

10.34

75.6

Probability > χ ²

0.29

0.03

0.00

0.81

0.11

0.00

0.00