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Table 4 Robustness checks: regression results ‐ general

From: Underreporting of earnings and the minimum wage spike

	3	4	5	6	7
Informality	0.67***	0.78**	1.20***	0.67***	0.51***
MW/AW	0.47**	0.39*	0.42**	0.42**	0.44**
gdppc_eur	0.11	0.06	0.09	0.1	0.11
Informality	0.65***	0.78**	1.19***	0.66***	0.50**
MW/AW	0.47**	0.40*	0.42**	0.42**	0.44**
gdppc_ppp	0.14	0.08	0.12	0.12	0.13
Informality	0.57**	0.76**	1.09**	0.59**	0.42**
MW/AW	0.56**	0.48*	0.52**	0.52**	0.52**
activity	0.16	0.11	0.16	0.16	0.14
Informality	0.49**	0.67**	0.94**	0.51**	0.37**
MW/AW	0.46**	0.42*	0.44**	0.43**	0.44*
unemployment	‐0.12	‐0.04	‐0.08	‐0.10	‐0.11
Informality	0.44**	0.61*	0.86**	0.46**	0.34**
MW/AW	0.45**	0.40*	0.42**	0.42**	0.43**
temporary	‐0.09	‐0.09	‐0.06	‐0.09	‐0.12
Informality	0.47**	0.63**	0.90**	0.48**	0.36*
MW/AW	0.47**	0.43**	0.44**	0.44**	0.45**
parttime	‐0.01	‐0.06	‐0.02	‐0.03	0.00
Informality	0.54**	0.65*	0.99**	0.54**	0.41*
MW/AW	0.47**	0.43*	0.44**	0.43**	0.44**
hours	‐0.19	0.06	‐0.11	‐0.12	‐0.20
Informality	0.46**	0.67**	0.91**	0.49**	0.36**
MW/AW	0.51**	0.49**	0.50**	0.49**	0.51**
lowsec	‐0.04	‐0.06	‐0.05	‐0.05	‐0.06
Informality	0.61***	0.86**	1.16***	0.63***	0.48***
MW/AW	0.55**	0.49**	0.51**	0.51**	0.53**
tertiary	0.24	0.23	0.22	0.22	0.24

See variable list for definitions. Footnotes a, b, c, e in Table2 apply also here. OLS estimation. All regressions include a constant. Sample size is 18.

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