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Table 5 Regression results for the specification with lagged dependent variable as well as change in industrial production and share of rural population as controls

From: The effect of doubling the minimum wage on employment: evidence from Russia

 

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EMPLOY

FORMAL

INFORM

UNEMPL

YOUT_E

YOUT_U

FEM_E

FEM_U

LOW_E

LOW_U

Panel A: all regions, N = 85

Fraction affected

0.010

−0.011

0.032

0.014

−0.035

0.064

−0.050

0.026

0.031

0.005

 

(0.049)

(0.062)

(0.040)

(0.048)

(0.098)

(0.105)

(0.048)

(0.053)

(0.079)

(0.074)

R 2

0.177

0.280

0.115

0.141

0.228

0.215

0.148

0.094

0.186

0.076

H0: fraction affected[FORMAL] = fraction affected[INFORM], p value = 0.632

Panel B: regions with federal minimum wage, N = 68

Fraction affected

0.059

0.070

0.026

0.015

0.073

−0.065

−0.031

0.042

0.018

0.014

 

(0.085)

(0.129)

(0.085)

(0.109)

(0.178)

(0.194)

(0.090)

(0.124)

(0.165)

(0.165)

R 2

0.239

0.312

0.109

0.152

0.232

0.214

0.176

0.098

0.195

0.120

H0: fraction affected[FORMAL] = fraction affected[INFORM], p value = 0.817

Panel C: regions with own minimum wage, N = 17

Fraction affected

−0.095

−0.149

0.054

−0.005

−0.226

0.175

−0.100

−0.047

−0.139

0.016

 

(0.057)

(0.092)

(0.076)

(0.035)

(0.173)

(0.106)

(0.056)

(0.050)

(0.102)

(0.072)

R 2

0.164

0.362

0.215

0.210

0.350

0.316

0.306

0.254

0.445

0.475

H0: fraction affected[FORMAL] = fraction affected[INFORM], p value = 0.110

Panel D: Northern regions are dropped, N = 60

Fraction affected

0.006

−0.018

0.022

0.072

−0.132

0.212*

−0.005

0.072

0.010

0.116

 

(0.065)

(0.075)

(0.048)

(0.051)

(0.083)

(0.121)

(0.072)

(0.054)

(0.074)

(0.079)

R 2

0.089

0.328

0.155

0.135

0.203

0.166

0.094

0.120

0.105

0.107

H0: fraction affected[FORMAL] = fraction affected[INFORM], p value = 0.716

Panel E: regressions with weights, N = 85

Fraction affected

−0.022

−0.084

0.061*

0.051*

−0.140**

0.165**

−0.062

0.060**

−0.030

0.063

 

(0.039)

(0.054)

(0.035)

(0.027)

(0.062)

(0.072)

(0.042)

(0.027)

(0.063)

(0.046)

R 2

0.169

0.077

0.047

0.207

0.320

0.293

0.223

0.145

0.289

0.172

H0: fraction affected[FORMAL] = fraction affected[INFORM], p value = 0.055

  1. Note: The coefficients on the control variables are not shown. Standard errors are in parentheses
  2. *p < 0.10; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01
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