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Table 8 By Education Level: Self-employment and Informal Earnings Premiums(+) or Penalties(-), by Income Group

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

A. All self-employed vs. all employees

Primary Incomplete

(Standard Error)

Primary Graduate

(Standard Error)

Secondary Graduate and University Incomplete

(Standard Error)

University Graduate

(Standard Error)

 Total sample

-0.042

(0.060)

 

-0.099

(0.104)

 

-0.004

(0.025)

 

0.004

(0.007)

 

 Low Income

0.239

(0.089)

***

0.168

(0.076)

**

-0.013

(0.014)

 

0.001

(0.006)

 

 Low Middle Income

-0.128

(0.034)

***

-0.238

(0.077)

***

-0.027

(0.074)

 

0.032

0.091

 

 Upper Middle Income

-0.037

(0.089)

 

0.012

(0.134)

 

0.077

(0.023)

***

0.034

(0.022)

 

 High Income

-0.167

(0.049)

***

-0.143

(0.026)

***

-0.168

(0.029)

***

-0.014

(0.011)

 

B. Informal vs. Formal

Primary Incomplete

(Standard Error)

Primary Graduate

(Standard Error)

Secondary Graduate and University Incomplete

(Standard Error)

University Graduate

(Standard Error)

 Total sample

-0.363

(0.015)

***

-0.379

(0.025)

***

-0.431

(0.041)

***

-0.444

(0.039)

***

 Low Income

-0.362

(0.248)

 

-0.196

(0.060)

***

-0.253

(0.151)

*

-0.058

(0.155)

 

 Low Middle Income

-0.394

(0.037)

***

-0.365

(0.051)

***

-0.520

(0.104)

***

-0.408

(0.036)

***

 Upper Middle Income

-0.353

(0.016)

***

-0.385

(0.020)

***

-0.391

0.025

***

-0.471

(0.053)

***

 High Income

na

na

 

na

na

 

na

na

 

na

na

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