Table 8 Descriptive statistics of male and female formal-sector workers

Workers

Age 20–29

0.266

0.247

Age 30–39

0.450

0.444

Age 40–49

0.284

0.309

Ed: primary

0.447

0.253

Ed: middle

0.268

0.222

Ed: high school

0.180

0.310

Ed: college

0.105

0.214

Potential experience

21.820

19.942

Occupation

Professional

0.117

0.224

Technical

0.172

0.319

White collar

0.137

0.187

Skilled labor

0.395

0.129

Unskilled labor

0.128

0.121

Sector

All industry

0.225

0.145

Utilities

0.017

0.006

Construction

0.092

0.010

Retail trade

0.121

0.119

Wholesale trade

0.033

0.019

Finance

0.020

0.028

Real estate

0.111

0.076

Transportation

0.081

0.023

Hotel and service

0.065

0.119

Medical

0.013

0.070

Education

0.017

0.051

Public admin.

0.139

0.316

Agriculture

0.067

0.020

Region

Midwest

0.079

0.073

North

0.042

0.045

Northeast

0.158

0.172

Southeast

0.549

0.528

South

0.171

0.182

Firms

Log workers

4.802

5.509

Mean proportion of primary ed. workers

0.601

0.441

Mean proportion of high school ed. workers

0.282

0.356

Mean proportion of white collar workers

0.466

0.686

Job

Log monthly wage

5.737

5.573

Tenure (years)

4.582

5.665

Layoff rate

0.142

0.099

Quit rate

0.024

0.023

Quits to employment

0.0005

0.0004

Quits to non-employment

0.023

0.023

Observations

Firms

514,408

358,436

Workers

1,916,791

1,172,878

Job spells

5,064,045

3,081,062