Table 11 Transitions from private employment (marginal effects)
From: Transitions between informal and formal employment: results from a worker survey in Bangladesh
| Â | To: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Government employee | Private employee | Casual worker | Self-employed | Family worker | |
Age: 26–35 | − 0.0109 (0.0169) | − 0.0366 (0.0327) | 0.00445 (0.0216) | 0.0626** (0.0285) | − 0.0195** (0.00894) |
Age: 36–45 | − 0.0138 (0.0261) | − 0.0528 (0.0470) | 0.0425 (0.0357) | 0.0332 (0.0366) | − 0.00916 (0.0201) |
Age: 46–55 | 0.0250 (0.0544) | 0.00380 (0.0699) | − 0.0165 (0.0429) | 0.0110 (0.0468) | − 0.0233*** (0.00766) |
Age: 56+ | − 0.0364*** (0.0129) | 0.144*** (0.0410) | − 0.0698*** (0.0138) | − 0.0144 (0.0393) | − 0.0233*** (0.00766) |
Education: Class 6–9 | 0.00658 (0.0139) | 0.0721* (0.0370) | − 0.0636** (0.0310) | − 0.00121 (0.0334) | − 0.0139 (0.0150) |
Education: Class 10 and SSC | 0.0137 (0.0204) | 0.112*** (0.0420) | − 0.103*** (0.0302) | 0.00176 (0.0361) | − 0.0251* (0.0133) |
Education: High school certificate or diploma | 0.0528** (0.0262) | 0.0577 (0.0548) | − 0.135*** (0.0233) | 0.0511 (0.0498) | − 0.0262** (0.0134) |
Education: Bachelors or higher | 0.0285 (0.0209) | 0.115*** (0.0411) | − 0.132*** (0.0242) | − 0.000418 (0.0407) | − 0.0117 (0.0282) |
Vocational training w/o certification | 0.142* (0.0771) | − 0.133 (0.0894) | − 0.0422 (0.0352) | − 0.00698 (0.0604) | 0.0401 (0.0356) |
Vocational training w/ certification | 0.0417* (0.0233) | 0.0747 (0.0547) | − 0.0353 (0.0519) | − 0.167*** (0.0425) | 0.0861* (0.0484) |
Male | − 0.0273 (0.0328) | 0.0202 (0.0467) | 0.0214 (0.0223) | 0.0435 (0.0379) | − 0.0578* (0.0347) |
Log (monthly wage) | 0.00998 (0.0104) | − 0.0314* (0.0174) | 0.00572 (0.01000) | 0.0166 (0.0152) | − 0.000863 (0.00697) |
Tenure | 0.000149 (0.00197) | − 0.00797** (0.00319) | 0.000308 (0.00238) | 0.0104*** (0.00250) | − 0.00284 (0.00193) |
Written contract | − 0.0229 (0.0157) | − 0.0356 (0.0496) | 0.0384 (0.0439) | 0.0309 (0.0411) | − 0.0108 (0.0105) |
Verbal contract | − 0.0384*** (0.0148) | 0.00232 (0.0311) | 0.00629 (0.0207) | 0.0325 (0.0278) | − 0.00267 (0.0114) |
Termination notice | 0.0213 (0.0168) | − 0.0388 (0.0348) | 0.0139 (0.0265) | 0.0194 (0.0285) | − 0.0158** (0.00739) |
Retirement money | 0.00736 (0.0256) | 0.0768* (0.0456) | − 0.0771*** (0.00928) | 0.00850 (0.0403) | − 0.0156*** (0.00431) |
Found preferred job | 0.0513*** (0.0178) | 0.176*** (0.0465) | − 0.0502** (0.0223) | − 0.168*** (0.0378) | − 0.00851 (0.0119) |
Preferred self-employment | 0.00435 (0.0134) | − 0.735*** (0.0416) | − 0.00826 (0.0291) | 0.661*** (0.0479) | 0.0775** (0.0306) |
Other reason for separation | 0.00470 (0.0146) | − 0.152*** (0.0407) | 0.124*** (0.0303) | 0.0230 (0.0365) | 0.000385 (0.0124) |
Observations | 612 | 612 | 612 | 612 | 612 |