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Table 14 Percentage change in earnings by employment type transition

From: Transitions between informal and formal employment: results from a worker survey in Bangladesh

 

Number of transitions

Change in monthly earnings (%)

25th percentile

50th percentile

75th percentile

All transitions

828

− 33.3%

2.7%

50.0%

From government employment

19

− 30.8%

13.6%

53.0%

 To government employment

9

− 6.3%

10.9%

103.5%

 To private employment

7

− 33.3%

− 30.8%

50.0%

From private employment

493

− 23.5%

12.0%

63.7%

 To government employment

18

− 6.4%

11.2%

51.8%

 To private employment

286

− 11.2%

17.1%

57.7%

 To casual employment

44

− 36.3%

− 2.9%

63.4%

 To self-employment (no employees or family employees only)

97

− 50.6%

− 9.6%

68.9%

 To self-employment (with non-family employees)

40

− 40.9%

42.9%

114.3%

 To family worker

8

− 53.0%

19.8%

165.6%

From casual employment

140

− 29.6%

0.0%

41.6%

 To private employment

32

− 35.4%

− 12.0%

18.1%

 To casual employment

59

− 23.5%

0.0%

37.1%

 To self-employment (no employees or family employees only)

34

− 43.7%

− 6.3%

61.5%

 To self-employment (with non-family employees)

10

− 6.3%

19.2%

53.0%

From self-employment (no employees or family employees only)

118

− 35.4%

− 5.2%

44.0%

 To private employment

33

− 35.4%

− 16.7%

15.8%

 To casual employment

17

− 52.6%

− 26.1%

3.4%

 To self-employment (no employees or family employees only)

49

− 35.4%

2.7%

47.7%

 To self-employment (with non-family employees)

18

− 6.2%

3.6%

44.0%

From self-employment (with non-family employees)

45

− 66.7%

− 43.7%

− 17.7%

 To private employment

10

− 70.3%

− 44.2%

− 17.7%

 To self-employment (no employees or family employees only)

18

− 65.3%

− 48.3%

− 17.7%

 To self-employment (with non-family employees)

14

− 58.6%

− 37.9%

− 23.5%

From family worker

13

− 48.3%

− 25.2%

55.1%

 To private employment

5

− 74.6%

− 27.4%

179.2%

  1. Note: 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of changes in monthly earnings when transitioning from one employment type to another. Only cells (e.g., from private employment to casual employment) with 5 or more transitions are shown. Casual worker category includes day laborers, seasonal workers, domestic workers, and apprentices, interns or trainees. Sampling weights are applied