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IZA Journal of Labor & Development

Table 5 Partial compliance, depth of violation – wage gap

From: Partial minimum wage compliance

Variables

V1

V2

Wage Gap

0.163***

0.104***

0.159***

0.106***

 

(0.00435)

(0.00701)

(0.00403)

(0.00607)

POST

−0.0517***

−0.0381***

−0.0269***

−0.0130**

 

(0.00682)

(0.00706)

(0.00632)

(0.00611)

Wage Gap*POST

−0.0680***

−0.0780***

−0.0710***

−0.0789***

 

(0.00699)

(0.00865)

(0.00647)

(0.00749)

Comparisons

NO

YES

NO

YES

Constant

0.339***

0.400***

0.150***

0.173***

 

(0.00471)

(0.0407)

(0.00437)

(0.0352)

Observations

21,230

17,299

21,230

17,299

R-squared

0.135

0.216

0.128

0.185

  1. *** p <0.01, ** p <0.05, * p <0.1. Standard errors are in parentheses. V1 measures the gap between an individual’s wage the minimum wage, while V2 is the squared gap which gives more weight to wages at the bottom of the distribution. The minimum wage used to construct both measures is the same for both the treatment and comparison groups
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