IZA Journal of Labor & Development

Table 3 Sectoral Distributions based on Multinomial Logit Regression Results

From: Are migrants discriminated against in Chinese urban labour markets?

	Actual distributions (%)			Predicted distributions (%)
	Urban residents	Rural migrants	Urban migrants	Rural migrants	Urban migrants	Urban residents	Urban migrants	Urban residents	Rural migrants
				As urban residents		As rural migrants		As urban migrants
Formal contract	58	35	52	47	57	38	44	47	39
Self-employed	12	17	15	17	11	26	16	22	18
Without contract	30	48	34	36	32	36	40	30	43
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

Notes: The sample includes those aged 16–60 years old and who are out of school.
Observations with no or zero income declared were dropped.
Source: 1% population survey of China (2005).

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