Table A2 Variable definitions
From: The wage returns to on-the-job training: evidence from matched employer-employee data
Variable | Definition |
|---|---|
Firm training | Dummy variable equal to 1 if the firm offered formal training to its workers in the previous year. |
Micro, small, medium, large, and very large | Dummy variables equal to 1 if the total number of employees in the firm is between 1 and 9, between 10 and 49, between 50 and 99, between 100 and 249 or greater than 250, respectively. |
Sector | Two digit industries/services: Food Processing; Textiles; Garments; Wood Products/Furniture; Pharmaceuticals/Chemicals; Rubber and Plastics, Household Electrical Appliances; Electronics; Automobiles parts; Machinery and Equipment / Information Technology; Communication Services; Accounting and Related Services; Advertising and Marketing; Business Logistics. |
Full foreign-owned | Dummy variable equal to 1 if 100% of the firm's capital is owned by foreigners. |
Majority foreign-owned | Dummy variable equal to 1 if more than 50% and less than 100% of the firm's capital is owned by foreigners. |
Minority foreign-owned | Dummy variable equal to 1 if more than 0% but less than 50% of the firm's capital is owned by foreigners. |
Domestic | Dummy variable equal to 1 if 100% of the firm's capital is owned by domestic entities. |
Exporter | Dummy variable equal to 1 if the firm exports are more than 10% of its sales |
Share of skilled workers | Percentage of the firm's workforce that are managers, professionals or skilled production workers. |
Education labor force | Average years of schooling of the workforce. |
Age firm | Year of the survey minus the year when the firm started operations. |
Education of manager | Dummy variable equal to 1 if the manager of the firm owns a degree. |
New production technology | Dummy variable equal to 1 if the firm introduced in the previous two years a new technology that substantially changed production. |
Training in the firm | Dummy variable equal to 1 if the worker received formal training since he joined the firm. |
Hourly wage | Hourly wage in USD (exchange rate at the time of the survey) |
Ln wage | Natural logarithm of hourly wage. |
Woman | Dummy variable equal to 1 if the worker is a woman. |
Age of worker | Age of the worker |
Level of education | Dummy variables equal to 1 if the highest level of formal education of the worker is a degree, diploma, upper secondary, lower secondary, primary, respectively. |
Vocational education | Dummy variable equal to 1 if the worker received vocational education. |
Potential experience | Year of the survey minus the year when the worker found his first permanent job. |
Tenure with the firm | Year of the survey minus the year when the worker joined the firm. |
Single | Dummy variable equal to 1 if the worker is single |
Native | Dummy variable equal to 1 if the worker is from the same country were the firm is registered. |
Studied abroad | Dummy variable equal to 1 if the worker studied abroad. |
Unionized | Dummy variable equal to 1 if the worker belongs to a trade union. |
Occupation dummies | Dummy variables equal to 1 if the employee works as a manager, professional, skill production worker, unskilled production worker, non-production worker, apprentice, respectively. |
Computer | Dummy variable equal to 1 if the worker owns a personal computer at home. |
Bank account | Dummy variable equal to 1 if the worker has a bank account. |
Transaction internet | Dummy variable equal to 1 if the worker has ever bought or sold a good through the internet. |
Training other firm | Dummy variable equal to 1 if the worker received formal training at the previous employer. |