Table 10 Comparing summary statistics from our sample with the 2008 National Economic census
From: Compliance with legal minimum wages and overtime pay regulations in China
| Â | Sample | Census | |
|---|---|---|---|
Variables | Mean | Standard error | Mean |
Worker level variables | |||
 Gender | |||
   Proportion female | 0.395 | 0.489 | 0.376 |
 Educational attainment (proportion or workers at each level) | |||
   College or above | 0.109 | 0.312 | 0.124 |
   Junior college | 0.164 | 0.371 | 0.165 |
   High school | 0.42 | 0.494 | 0.334 |
   Junior high school or below | 0.306 | 0.461 | 0.377 |
 Industry sectors | |||
   Manufacturing | 0.659 | 0.474 | 0.630 |
   Electricity, gas and water production | 0.051 | 0.220 | 0.015 |
   Construction | 0.085 | 0.279 | 0.181 |
   Transportation, storage and post | 0.073 | 0.260 | 0.050 |
   Wholesale and retail trade(commerce) | 0.106 | 0.307 | 0.101 |
   Financial service | 0.026 | 0.160 | 0.023 |
Firm level variables | |||
 Firm ownership (proportion of firms) | |||
   State funded firm | 0.095 | 0.293 | 0.029 |
   Non-state domestic funded firm | 0.708 | 0.455 | 0.922 |
   Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macao funded firm | 0.075 | 0.263 | 0.025 |
   Foreign funded firm | 0.122 | 0.327 | 0.024 |