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Table 2 Bindingness of the provincial minimum wages

From: Does the minimum wage reduce wage inequality? Evidence from Thailand

 

All

Female

Male

 

Max.

Min.

Median

Max.

Min.

Median

Max.

Min.

Median

Year(Q3)

pctile

pctile

pctile

pctile

pctile

pctile

pctile

pctile

pctile

1989

85.1

15.5

48.5

95.1

27.4

61.4

80.6

5.0

39.8

1994

72.2

14.2

48.9

85.1

17.6

61.0

62.4

11.2

43.1

1999

62.4

7.5

35.4

75.5

9.6

42.1

59.3

5.8

30.5

2004

65.2

10.8

40.9

74.8

12.4

44.5

62.3

9.4

37.1

2009

51.4

9.5

29.9

62.1

8.4

34.8

53.2

7.6

26.2

  1. The definition for Max. pctile, Min. pctile and Median pctile are as follows: All percentiles (pctile) display in this table are a proportion of workers who received basic wage less than their provincial minimum wage. For Max. pctile, it is such percentile in a province with the highest level of non-compliance to the law in each year. Meanwhile, Min. pctile is a percentile in a province with the highest compliance to the law whereas Median pctile is the percentile in a province with non-compliance rates at the middle of all provinces in that year