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Table 1 Number of respondents by countries, sectors, and firm size (conditional on answers being given to the block of questions on the minimum wage)

From: How do firms adjust to rises in the minimum wage? Survey evidence from Central and Eastern Europe

Countries

BG

EE*

HU

LT

LV

PL*

RO

SI

SK

Total

Sample size

456

498

2031

515

557

899

2029

493

601

8079

Sectors

 Manufacturing

47

134

798

76

100

295

1094

193

185

2922

 Electricity, gas, water

17

23

18

16

74

 Construction

21

84

145

60

69

96

216

63

51

805

 Trade

205

92

439

169

173

225

291

61

126

1781

 Business services

89

157

596

153

203

232

428

150

199

2207

 Financial services

5

53

57

12

4

8

24

163

 Public sector services

9

9

 Arts and entertainment

94

1

3

98

Number of employees

 < 20

312

186

235

297

264

307

177

155

1933

 20–49

94

177

604

98

144

189

173

93

167

1739

 50–199

41

108

807

93

118

259

307

144

196

2073

 > 199

9

27

385

27

31

144

1549

79

83

2334

  1. Notes: *The sector of operation is missing for 8 firms in the Estonian sample and for 12 in the Polish sample
  2. Sources: WDN3 survey, authors’ estimations