IZA Journal of Labor & Development

Table A4 Summary statistics of the main worker level characteristics

From: The wage returns to on-the-job training: evidence from matched employer-employee data

Variable	Malaysia	Thailand
	(1)	(2)
Training in the firm	0.33	0.52
Hourly wages	0.41	-0.14
Woman	0.44	0.55
Age of worker	34.18	32.41
Education
Degree	0.08	0.20
Diploma	0.12	0.11
Upper secondary	0.36	0.20
Lower secondary	0.27	0.18
Primary	0.15	0.30
Illiterate	0.01	0.00
Vocational education	0.15	0.06
Potential experience	13.61	13.85
Tenure with the firm	7.24	5.55
Single	0.35	0.36
Studied abroad	0.07	0.01
Unionized	0.04	0.01
Occupation
Managers	0.14	0.06
Professionals	0.08	0.08
Skill production	0.36	0.29
Unskilled production	0.24	0.37
Non-production	0.17	0.18
Apprentice	0.01	0.01
Observations	6,679	9,418

Source: Authors’ calculations based on the Enterprise Surveys (World Bank).
Note: Table reports the means of variables listed in the table. Column (1) reports the means for the sample of workers in Malaysia, and column (2) reports the means for the sample of workers is Thailand. The wage variables are in USD at current prices at the time of the survey.

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