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

Table 15 Change in access to employment benefits between job transitions

(a) Contracts
		Current job
		Written contract	Verbal contract	No contract	Self-employment; family worker	Do not know	Total
Previous Job	Written contract	48.0%	7.8%	3.1%	38.4%	2.7%	100.0%
	Verbal contract	10.7%	49.8%	6.1%	32.0%	1.5%	100.0%
	No contract	6.9%	13.4%	52.3%	26.3%	3.0%	100.0%
	Self-employment; family worker	7.6%	20.6%	8.3%	61.6%	1.9%	100.0%
(b) Termination notice
		Current job
		Termination notice	No termination notice	Self-employment; family worker	Do not know	Total
Previous Job	Termination notice	44.4%	15.2%	32.9%	7.5%	100.0%
	No termination notice	12.8%	50.4%	30.0%	6.9%	100.0%
	Self-employment; family worker	14.5%	19.2%	61.6%	4.8%	100.0%

Note: Rows show the status of job benefit in the previous job, while columns show the status of job benefit in the current job. Panel (a) covers contracts and indicates whether the job included a written contract, a verbal contract, or no contract, or was non-wage work (self-employment/family worker). Panel (b) covers notice, and indicates whether the job included a termination notice or not, or was non-wage work. Each cell shows the probability that a worker who leaves a previous job with a certain benefit status (given by row headings) transitions to a new job with a certain benefit status (given by column headings). We excluded the “do not know” category for previous job benefit status. Sampling weights are applied