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Table 3 Minimum wage violation indices, average for 2005–2011

From: Minimum wage violations in Honduras

 

Urban

Rural

Industry

V 0

V 1

V 2

V 1/V 0

V 0

V 1

V 2

V 1/V 0

Panel A: Covered sector (Wage Earners)

        

Agriculture, fishing, and hunting

0.638

0.279

0.161

0.437

0.773

0.365

0.219

0.472

Mining

0.409

0.192

0.119

0.469

0.558

0.204

0.108

0.366

Manufacturing

0.450

0.144

0.069

0.320

0.479

0.166

0.085

0.346

Utilities

0.456

0.132

0.055

0.289

0.587

0.219

0.109

0.374

Construction

0.538

0.212

0.119

0.394

0.605

0.254

0.147

0.419

Retail, hotels, and restaurants

0.463

0.147

0.071

0.319

0.549

0.212

0.113

0.385

Transport, storage, and communications

0.358

0.113

0.055

0.314

0.457

0.181

0.098

0.395

Banking, financial, and real estate services

0.353

0.088

0.034

0.249

0.478

0.135

0.059

0.283

Communal, social, and personal services

0.286

0.098

0.050

0.344

0.487

0.210

0.122

0.432

Export sector (Maquila)

0.361

0.080

0.030

0.221

0.438

0.091

0.034

0.209

Average

0.428

0.139

0.068

0.324

0.650

0.280

0.162

0.431

Panel B: Uncovered sector (Self-Employed)

        

Agriculture, fishing, and hunting

0.779

0.567

0.467

0.729

0.851

0.627

0.518

0.738

Mining

0.500

0.196

0.106

0.391

0.810

0.409

0.276

0.506

Manufacturing

0.618

0.330

0.222

0.534

0.669

0.377

0.261

0.564

Utilities

0.634

0.410

0.291

0.647

-

-

-

-

Construction

0.346

0.124

0.067

0.360

0.388

0.163

0.101

0.421

Retail, hotels, and restaurants

0.507

0.251

0.161

0.494

0.631

0.354

0.245

0.561

Transport, storage, and communications

0.402

0.148

0.077

0.369

0.432

0.187

0.108

0.434

Banking, financial, and real estate services

0.236

0.102

0.061

0.431

0.391

0.206

0.135

0.527

Communal, social, and personal services

0.564

0.291

0.188

0.515

0.657

0.351

0.232

0.535

Export sector (Maquila)

0.518

0.250

0.155

0.482

0.761

0.440

0.300

0.578

Average

0.518

0.261

0.171

0.505

0.720

0.462

0.352

0.641

  1. Source: Own calculations from pooled EPHPM surveys for 2005–2011
  2. Notes: All statistics are weighted using survey provided expansion factors. Following Honduran minimum wage decrees, covered employees are defined as private-sector wage earners and uncovered workers are the self-employed. Estimates are available for industries that have at least 10 observations for each worker type