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Table 9 Descriptive statistics of the sample after matching

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

	*Formal*		*Informal*
Variables	Mean	Std. Dev.	Mean	Std. Dev.
Log of hourly wage	0.961	1.257	1.990	1.108
Years in education	9.468	1.920	9.351	1.630
Age	32.457	11.310	33.479	11.499
Age squared	1181.318	798.112	1252.933	822.073
1 if less than 7 months	0.108	0.311	0.160	0.367
1 if 1 if 7–12 months	0.071	0.257	0.101	0.302
1 if 1–2 years	0.217	0.413	0.233	0.423
1 if 3–5 years	0.295	0.456	0.262	0.440
1 if 6–10 years	0.099	0.298	0.088	0.283
1 if married	0.666	0.472	0.692	0.462
1 if Tajik ethnicity	0.720	0.449	0.742	0.438
1 if Female	0.421	0.494	0.199	0.400
1 if in Private sector	0.658	0.475	0.635	0.482
1 if Administrative	0.016	0.127	0.002	0.043
1 if Skilled &Trade	0.049	0.215	0.252	0.434
1 if Service	0.501	0.500	0.145	0.352
1 if Sales	0.125	0.330	0.299	0.458
1 if Machines &oper	0.035	0.184	0.130	0.336
1 if Elementary	0.105	0.307	0.172	0.378
1 if Rural	0.812	0.390	0.715	0.452
1 if Dushanbe region	0.086	0.280	0.142	0.349
1 if Sogd region	0.166	0.372	0.325	0.468
1 if Khatlon region	0.535	0.499	0.237	0.425
1 if Rrp region	0.156	0.363	0.248	0.432
1 if Gbao region	0.057	0.232	0.049	0.215
	1887		1069

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