Table 4 Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition of the self-/paid employment earnings gap
Dependent variable: logarithmic gross hourly earnings | Men (N = 6352) | Women (N = 6935) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | Median | Mean | Median | |
Paid employees | 2.7779 (0.0074) | 2.777 (0.0075) | 2.5568 (0.0062) | 2.5886 (0.0068) |
Self-employed | 2.8453 (0.0271) | 2.8253 (0.0309) | 2.4440 (0.0383) | 2.4350 (0.0477) |
Difference | − 0.0674 (0.0279) | − 0.0481 (0.0317) | 0.1127 (0.0387) | 0.1537 (0.0478) |
Explained | − 0.1613 (0.0197) | − 0.1467 (0.0164) | − 0.0873 (0.0186) | − 0.0762 (0.0187) |
Unexplained | 0.0939 (0.0304) | 0.0986 (0.0308) | 0.2001 (0.0365) | 0.2299 (0.0445) |
Explained by… | ||||
Flexibility | 0.0004 (0.0005) | 0.0006 (0.0008) | 0.0018 (0.0010) | 0.0021 (0.0012) |
Autonomy | − 0.0035 (0.0024) | − 0.0042 (0.0026) | − 0.0056 (0.0032) | − 0.0055 (0.0037) |
Variety | − 0.0067 (0.0023) | − 0.0051 (0.0025) | − 0.0120 (0.0033) | − 0.0048 (0.0036) |
Strained by risk | 0.0001 (0.0005) | − 0.0007 (0.0006) | 0.0002 (0.0004) | 0.0000 (0.0004) |
Pressure and overstrain | − 0.0004 (0.0008) | − 0.0002 (0.0008) | 0.0010 (0.0010) | 0.0010 (0.0010) |
Human capital | − 0.0968 (0.0008) | − 0.0848 (0.0149) | − 0.0554 (0.0120) | − 0.0452 (0.0124) |
Tasks and physical working environment | − 0.0052 (0.0102) | − 0.0134 (0.0104) | 0.0115 (0.0085) | 0.0039 (0.0090) |
Sociodemographic control variables | − 0.0071 (0.0044) | − 0.0071 (0.0037) | − 0.0029 (0.0049) | − 0.0017 (0.0042) |
Inverse Mill’s ratio (selection into paid employment) | − 0.0421 (0.0309) | − 0.0316 (0.0226) | − 0.0259 (0.0157) | − 0.0260 (0.0181) |