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Table 1 Summary statistics

From: Enforcement of labor market regulations: heterogeneous compliance and adjustment across gender

 

Women

Men

 

Women

Men

Age

35.84

36.16

Employed on large-size firms (%)

47.54

47.33

 

(11.03)

(12.09)

 

(49.94)

(49.929)

Years of education

12.96

10.77

Employed in agriculture (%)

0.62

1.96

 

(3.3)

(3.67)

 

(7.83)

(13.86)

Social security regulations coverage (%)

69.28

62.32

Employed in manufacturing sector (%)

12.29

22.55

 

(46.13)

(48.46)

 

(32.83)

(41.79)

Employment regulations coverage (%)

48.09

35.77

Employed in services sector (%)

87.09

75.49

 

(49.96)

(47.93)

 

(33.53)

(43.01)

Receives free meals (%)

15.45

16.30

Formal hourly wage

7.66

7.08

 

(36.14)

(36.94)

 

(5.76)

(6.94)

Receives housing (%)

0.39

1.58

Informal hourly wage

4.45

4.05

 

(6.26)

(12.48)

 

(4.99)

(4.98)

Receives products (%)

2.23

2.69

Formal monthly earnings

1093

1291

 

(14.76)

(16.17)

 

(658)

(1058)

Employed on small-size firms (%)

20.34

23.89

Informal monthly earnings

537

669

 

(40.25)

(42.64)

 

(509)

(615)

Employed on medium-size firms (%)

32.12

28.78

   
 

(46.69)

(45.28)

Number of observations

83,906

148,166

  1. Source: Own elaboration. Notes: Sample averages and standard deviations between parentheses. The sample includes female and male wage employees aged 15–60 and 15–65 respectively, employed in private firms in sectors targeted by the inspection system. Variables are defined in Table 11 in the Appendix