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Table 3 Regression of wage inequality on the share of informal workers in model 1 and in model 2. System of equations with peso crisis defined as a dummy = 1 for 1994, 1995 and 1996

From: Wage inequality and informality: evidence from Mexico

 

Model 1

Model 2

Informality

0.773

0.738

 

(0.244)

(0.263)

Share skill 2

0.985

−0.359

 

(0.904)

(0.362)

Share skill 3

1.878

0.458

 

(0.621)

(0.175)

Share skill 4

0.001

−0.003

 

(0.013)

(0.010)

Share age 2

−1.361

−0.631

 

(0.909)

(0.737)

Share age 3

−1.151

−0.619

 

(0.508)

(0.135)

Year

−0.005

0.002

 

(0.007)

(0.012)

Constant

10.659

−4.617

 

(12.778)

(26.076)

  1. Standard errors in parenthesis. Sample of workers aged 25–60. Dependent variable: Gini (model 1); var log wages (model 2)