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Table 2 Regression results

From: Underreporting of earnings and the minimum wage spike

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Informality

0.23

0.48

0.67

0.93

0.50

0.36

 

(0.17)

 

(0.18)

(0.27)

(0.34)

(0.19)

(0.15)

MW / AW

0.17

0.47

0.42

0.44

0.44

0.45

  

(0.19)

(0.20)

(0.20)

(0.19)

(0.19)

(0.20)

Constant

4.05

−1.09

−16.56

−13.17

−14.42

−14.48

−15.71

 

(1.55)

(7.63)

(8.76)

(8.32)

(8.08)

(8.28)

(8.92)

R2

0.10

0.05

0.35

0.32

0.36

0.35

0.32

Obs.

   

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  1. a. Dependent variable is spike at minimum wage level in 2006 (except for the Netherlands: 2005).
  2. b. The variable “Informality” refers to the period 2006/2007 and is given by (see note on Table1 for details): Def 1 for columns 1) and 3), Def 2/3/4/5 for columns 4), 5), 6), 7), respectively.
  3. c. The variable “MW/AW” is given by the minimum monthly wage as a proportion of average monthly earnings in industry and services for 2006 (except for France: 2007).
  4. d. OLS estimation. Standard errors in parenthesis.
  5. e. *** [**] (*) denote significance at 1, [5], and (10) percent level.