Table 5 OLS estimates of the wage equation (robust Se, non-linear schooling)
From: The differential impact of employment in agriculture on wages for rural and non-rural Palestine
Variablea | Non-rural | Rural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Coeff. | P value | Coeff. | P value | |
Illiterate | (Omitted) | (Omitted) | ||
Primary | 0.133 | 0.000 | 0.107 | 0.000 |
Secondary and lower diploma | 0.246 | 0.000 | 0.172 | 0.000 |
College and higher diploma | 0.460 | 0.000 | 0.370 | 0.000 |
Graduate | 0.784 | 0.000 | 0.602 | 0.000 |
Tenure | 0.002 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.000 |
Tenure square | −2.000E−07 | 0.000 | −1.600E−07 | 0.000 |
Female | −0.272 | 0.000 | −0.364 | 0.000 |
Work in Israel | 0.729 | 0.000 | 0.584 | 0.000 |
Occupation dummiesa | ||||
Legislators and senior administrators | (Omitted) | (Omitted) | ||
Professionals and clerks | −0.243 | 0.000 | −0.231 | 0.000 |
Services and shop sales | −0.421 | 0.000 | −0.363 | 0.000 |
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | −0.417 | 0.000 | −0.244 | 0.000 |
Crafts’ workers | −0.436 | 0.000 | −0.191 | 0.000 |
Plant and machine operators | −0.407 | 0.000 | −0.265 | 0.000 |
Elementary occupations | −0.470 | 0.000 | −0.330 | 0.000 |
Work in agriculture | −0.286 | 0.000 | −0.312 | 0.000 |
Constant | 4.135 | 0.000 | 3.990 | 0.000 |
N | 160,445 | 7066 | ||
R-squared | 0.686 | 0.704 | ||
Mean VIF | 4.02 | 5.2 | ||