Skip to main content

Table 9 By Age: 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

Age 15-24

(Standard Error)

Age 25-44

(Standard Error)

Age 45-64

(Standard Error)

 Total sample

-0.075

(0.107)

 

-0.080

(0.107)

 

-0.056

(0.027)

**

 Low Income

0.077

(0.010)

 

0.208

(0.062)

***

0.205

(0.052)

***

 Low Middle Income

-0.250

(0.045)

***

-0.128

(0.057)

**

-0.068

(0.010)

***

 Upper Middle Income

0.037

(0.095)

 

-0.008

(0.088)

 

-0.051

(0.011)

 

 High Income

0.317

(0.469)

***

-0.248

(0.025)

***

-0.356

(0.306)

 

B. Non-professional own-account workers vs. all employees

Age 15-24

(Standard Error)

Age 25-44

(Standard Error)

Age 45-64

(Standard Error)

 Total sample

-0.137

(0.084)

 

-0.153

(0.057)

***

-0.202

(0.073)

***

 Low Income

0.193

(0.055)

***

0.255

(0.039)

***

0.302

(0.029)

***

 Low Middle Income

-0.247

(0.035)

***

-0.200

(0.028)

***

-0.205

(0.117)

*

 Upper Middle Income

0.031

(0.048)

 

-0.059

(0.045)

 

-0.080

(0.053)

 

 High Income

-0.235

(0.049)

***

-0.319

(0.012)

***

-0.332

(0.020)

***

C. Employers and Professionals vs. Employees

Age 15-24

(Standard Error)

Age 25-44

(Standard Error)

Age 45-64

(Standard Error)

 Total sample

-0.917

(1.287)

 

0.187

(0.152)

 

0.277

(0.123)

***

 Low Income

-5.436

(0.114)

***

-2.718

(2.078)

 

-2.588

(2.216)

 

 Low Middle Income

0.114

(0.310)

 

0.143

(0.158)

 

0.465

(0.055)

***

 Upper Middle Income

0.537

(0.045)

***

0.522

(0.057)

***

0.554

(0.074)

***

 High Income

0.889

(0.471)

*

0.025

(0.044)

 

0.106

(0.051)

**

C. Informal vs. Formal Employees

Age 15-24

(Standard Error)

Age 25-44

(Standard Error)

Age 45-64

(Standard Error)

 Total sample

-0.311

(0.024)

***

-0.317

(0.019)

***

-0.393

(0.020)

***

 Low Income

-0.090

(0.117)

 

-0.132

(0.063)

 

-0.232

(0.133)

*

 Low Middle Income

-0.330

(0.050)

***

-0.324

(0.032)

***

-0.416

(0.021)

***

 Upper Middle Income

-0.305

(0.016)

***

-0.315

(0.019)

***

-0.388

(0.025)

***

 High Income

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%