From: Informality and exclusion: evidence from matched employer-employee data for Lebanon and Syria
 | Lebanon | Syria | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Dependent variable: log hourly wage | Formal | Informal | Formal | Informal |
 | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
Female | -0.0263 | -0.1113 | -0.116* | -0.165*** |
 | (0.0537) | (0.0680) | (0.0622) | (0.0599) |
Years of education | 0.0162*** | 0.0216*** | 0.0272*** | 0.0427*** |
 | (0.0059) | (0.0080) | (0.00566) | (0.00629) |
Age | 0.0398*** | -0.0273 | 0.0346** | 0.0599*** |
 | (0.0151) | (0.0244) | (0.0158) | (0.0175) |
Age2 | -0.0004** | 0.0004 | -0.000276 | -0.000714*** |
 | (0.0002) | (0.0003) | (0.000203) | (0.000237) |
Firm size <5 (base 10–49) | 0.0005 | -0.1273 | 0.151 | -0.0102 |
 | (0.1171) | (0.0831) | (0.170) | (0.0791) |
Firm size 5-9 | -0.1128 | 0.0630 | -0.0487 | -0.0205 |
 | (0.0966) | (0.1181) | (0.144) | (0.0869) |
Firm size >50 | -0.0687 | 0.0620 | -0.0375 | -0.0733 |
 | (0.0547) | (0.1235) | (0.0775) | (0.0847) |
Cognitive score quintile 2 | 0.0555 | -0.0350 | -0.00565 | -0.0397 |
 | (0.0777) | (0.0976) | (0.0706) | (0.0760) |
Cognitive score quintile 3 | 0.1395* | 0.1285 | -0.0175 | 0.0925 |
 | (0.0756) | (0.1057) | (0.0726) | (0.0680) |
Cognitive score quintile 4 | 0.2555*** | 0.1268 | 0.103 | 0.0551 |
 | (0.0784) | (0.1080) | (0.0873) | (0.0885) |
Cognitive score quintile 5 | 0.1987** | 0.0592 | 0.244** | 0.124 |
 | (0.0861) | (0.1175) | (0.109) | (0.108) |
Open to experience | 0.0116 | 0.0600 | 0.0958** | 0.0804 |
 | (0.0534) | (0.0634) | (0.0365) | (0.0525) |
Conscientious | 0.0776 | -0.1202* | -0.0461 | 0.000522 |
 | (0.0555) | (0.0673) | (0.0590) | (0.0731) |
Extrovert | 0.0383 | 0.1228 | -0.0464 | -0.0442 |
 | (0.0541) | (0.0769) | (0.0478) | (0.0581) |
Agreeable | -0.1317** | -0.1040 | -0.207*** | -0.127** |
 | (0.0542) | (0.0689) | (0.0491) | (0.0557) |
Emotionally stable | 0.0475 | 0.0633 | -0.0596 | 0.0127 |
 | (0.0543) | (0.0742) | (0.0450) | (0.0803) |
Constant | 0.9856*** | 1.8049*** | 3.439*** | 2.873*** |
 | (0.2984) | (0.4399) | (0.340) | (0.314) |
Observations | 290 | 201 | 552 | 376 |
R-squared | 0.3837 | 0.3755 | 0.281 | 0.322 |