Table 1 Macedonia: Mean values of selected sample personal and job characteristics ^a

Monthly earnings (denars)^b

9183.61

7851.68

Hourly earnings (denars)^b

54.87

48.36

Ln (hourly earnings)

8.9923

8.8567

Work hours per week

42.330

41.449

Education

 Below primary

0.050

0.025

 Primary

0.205

0.179

 Secondary, 3 years

0.171

0.107

 Secondary, 4 years

0.403

0.448

 Non-university post-secondary

0.061

0.097

 University and above

0.110

0.145

Years of potential experience^c

23.593

21.870

Experience-squared

673.877

577.900

Marital status

 Married

0.851

0.886

 Unmarried

0.149

0.114

Ethnic affiliation

 Macedonians

0.833

0.936

 Ethnic Albanians

0.101

0.024

 Other minorities

0.067

0.040

Enterprise ownership/size

 Public sector

0.758

0.689

 Private, with <10 employees

0.103

0.119

 Private, with 10-25 employees

0.042

0.037

 Private, with >25 employees

0.098

0.155

Pension fund registration

 Registered

0.866

0.865

 Not registered

0.134

0.135

Region

 West Macedonia

0.185

0.157

 East Macedonia

0.281

0.288

 Central Macedonia

0.242

0.237

 Skopje

0.293

0.318

Urban/Rural

 Urban

0.688

0.812

 Rural

0.312

0.188