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Table 3 Proportion of informal employees by main employment status, Tajikistan 2007

From: Is there an informal employment wage premium? Evidence from Tajikistan

Economically active

All

Employees

Self-employed

Domestic workers

A. No signed labour contracts

50.4%

39.3%

93.7%

94.1%

B. No social security affiliation

52.4%

41.5%

94.4%

96.2%

C. Establishment size and no professionals

30.5%

19.3%

70.2%

85.3%

Pure informal workers

25.3%

13.9%

65.9%

78.6%

Informal at least in one of the three approaches

65.4%

56.9%

98.1%

99.7%

Employees in the sample

80.1%

-

-

-

Self-employees in the sample

15.3%

-

-

-

Domestic workers in the sample

4.6%

-

-

-

  1. Notes: The proportions are based on a sample of workers that report wages. Source: Authors calculations from Tajikistan 2007 LSMS.