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Table 7 Male vs. Female: Self-employment and Informal Earnings Premiums(+) or Penalties(-), by Region of the World

From: How Large are Earnings Penalties for Self-Employed and Informal Wage Workers?

A. All self-employed vs. all employees

Self-employment vs. Employees

      
 

Female

(SE)

Male

(SE)

      

 Total sample

-0.177

(0.080)

**

-0.053

(0.067)

       

 Latin America & Caribbean

-0.091

(0.099)

 

0.011

(0.086)

       

 Europe & Central Asia (High-Income)

-0.162

(0.041)

***

-0.256

(0.131)

**

      

 Europe & Central Asia (Developing)

-0.254

(0.054)

***

-0.202

(0.062)

***

      

 Other

-0.300

(0.099)

***

-0.075

(0.099)

       

B. Non-professional own-account and employers and professionals vs. all employees

Non-professional Own-Account vs. Employees

Employers & Professionals vs. Employees

 

Female

(SE)

Male

(SE)

Female

(SE)

Male

(SE)

 Total sample

-0.218

(0.090)

**

-0.114

(0.072)

 

-0.190

(0.075)

**

0.184

(0.156)

 

 Latin America & Caribbean

-0.059

(0.056)

 

0.000

(0.029)

 

-0.069

(0.043)

 

0.498

(0.050)

***

 Europe & Central Asia (High-Income)

-0.634

(0.178)

***

-0.368

(0.123)

***

0.030

(0.026)

 

-0.027

(0.075)

 

 Europe & Central Asia (Developing)

-0.433

(0.057)

***

-0.322

(0.059)

***

0.001

(0.036)

 

-0.074

(0.064)

 

 Other

-0.328

(0.119)

***

-0.130

(0.102)

***

-0.429

(0.090)

***

-0.102

(0.316)

 

C. Informal vs. Formal

Non-professional Own-Account vs. Employers & Professionals

Informal Employees vs. Formal Employees

 

Female

(SE)

Male

(SE)

Female

(SE)

Male

(SE)

 Total sample

0.214

(0.667)

 

-0.192

0.259

 

-0.341

(0.013)

***

-0.337

(0.021)

***

 Latin America & Caribbean

-0.663

(0.054)

***

-0.587

(0.034)

***

-0.335

(0.009)

***

-0.329

(0.025)

***

 Europe & Central Asia (High-Income)

-0.503

(0.134)

***

-0.415

(0.049)

***

na

na

 

na

na

 

 Europe & Central Asia (Developing)

-0.330

(0.056)

***

-0.251

(0.020)

***

-0.035

(0.071)

 

-0.009

(0.046)

 

 Other

0.730

(1.208)

 

-0.040

0.409

 

-0.671

(0.055)

***

-0.643

(0.013)

***

D. Non-professional own-account vs. formal and informal employees

Non-professional Own-account vs. Formal Employees

Non-professional Own-account vs. Informal Employees

 

Female

(SE)

Male

(SE)

Female

(SE)

Male

(SE)

 Total sample

-0.226

(0.071)

***

-0.123

(0.043)

**

0.163

(0.078)

**

0.273

(0.045)

***

 Latin America & Caribbean

-0.186

(0.065)

***

-0.105

(0.049)

**

0.182

(0.074)

**

0.284

(0.042)

**

 Europe & Central Asia (High-Income)

na

na

 

na

na

 

na

na

 

na

na

 

 Europe & Central Asia (Developing)

-0.283

(0.217)

 

-0.202

(0.033)

***

-0.257

(0.211)

 

-0.115

(0.074)

*

 Other

-0.887

(0.023)

***

-0.578

(0.007)

***

-0.090

(0.010)

***

0.130

(0.007)

***

  1. Notes: * significantly different from zero at 10%; ** significantly different from zero at 5%; *** singnificantly different from zero at 1%