Phan Coxhead Vietnam Wage Paper April 14 2011 - Agricultural ...
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Table 4: Oaxaca-‐Blinder Decomposition of Sources of <strong>Wage</strong> Growth<br />
Δlog(wage)<br />
1993-‐1998 1998-‐2002 2002-‐2008<br />
%<br />
contribution Δlog(wage)<br />
%<br />
contribution Δlog(wage)<br />
%<br />
contribution<br />
Observed total increase in log(wage) 0.543 0.217 0.933<br />
Due to increase in base wage 0.275 50.7% 0.<strong>14</strong>1 64.9% 0.666 71.4%<br />
Due to changes in characteristics 0.028 5.2% 0.024 11.2% 0.023 2.5%<br />
Years of education 0.0<strong>14</strong> 2.6% -‐0.004 -‐1.8% 0.046 5.0%<br />
Years of experience 0.003 0.6% 0.136 62.4% -‐0.191 -‐20.5%<br />
Years of experience squared -‐0.001 -‐0.2% -‐0.091 -‐41.7% 0.124 13.3%<br />
Male dummy 0.002 0.5% 0.002 0.9% -‐0.001 -‐0.1%<br />
Ethnic minority dummy 0.000 0.0% -‐0.011 -‐5.1% 0.006 0.6%<br />
Urban dummy 0.015 2.7% -‐0.035 -‐15.9% 0.007 0.8%<br />
Public sector dummy -‐0.004 -‐0.7% -‐0.012 -‐5.6% 0.024 2.6%<br />
Tradable industry dummy -‐0.001 -‐0.2% 0.000 0.2% 0.008 0.9%<br />
Due to changes in returns to<br />
characteristics 0.240 44.1% 0.091 41.8% 0.244 26.1%<br />
Years of education 0.229 42.2% 0.028 13.1% 0.<strong>14</strong>2 15.2%<br />
Years of experience 0.046 8.5% -‐0.008 -‐3.7% 0.139 <strong>14</strong>.9%<br />
Years of experience squared 0.008 1.4% -‐0.028 -‐13.1% -‐0.021 -‐2.3%<br />
Male dummy -‐0.076 -‐<strong>14</strong>.0% 0.007 3.1% 0.008 0.8%<br />
Kinh ethnicity dummy 0.002 0.3% -‐0.021 -‐9.7% 0.022 2.4%<br />
Urban dummy 0.046 8.5% 0.033 15.1% -‐0.039 -‐4.2%<br />
Public sector dummy 0.006 1.0% 0.131 60.4% -‐0.042 -‐4.5%<br />
Tradable industry dummy -‐0.021 -‐3.8% -‐0.051 -‐23.5% 0.035 3.7%<br />
Notes: Bold means statistically significant at 5% or less<br />
Italic means statistically significant at 10%<br />
Table 5: average hourly wage by educational level and institution, 1993<br />
Public Nonpublic Public/Ratio<br />
no degree 1.89 1.75 1.08<br />
primary school 1.85 2.02 0.92<br />
lower secondary 1.54 1.88 0.82<br />
upper secondary 1.63 2.01 0.81<br />
college & above 2.04 1.90 1.07<br />
<strong>Wage</strong> ratio (base = no degree)<br />
no degree 1 1<br />
primary school 0.98 1.16<br />
middle school 0.82 1.07<br />
high school 0.86 1.15<br />
college & above 1.08 1.09<br />
<strong>Wage</strong>s are in thousand VND, January 1993 price, deflated regionally and monthly