From: Lockdown stringency and employment formality: evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
Overall | Lockdown level | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
5 | 4 | 3 | ||
Panel A: Employment | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
Treatment × post | − 0.030*** | − 0.035*** | − 0.037*** | − 0.057** |
(0.008) | (0.013) | (0.013) | (0.027) | |
\({PI}_{o}^{PCA}\) | − 0.007 | − 0.008 | − 0.018* | 0.011 |
(0.007) | (0.011) | (0.010) | (0.015) | |
Constant | 1.868*** | 1.440 | 2.039** | 2.644* |
(0.621) | (0.917) | (0.993) | (1.426) | |
Observations | 24,678 | 9368 | 9621 | 5689 |
Panel B: Formal employment | ||||
Treatment × post | − 0.006 | 0.002 | − 0.011 | − 0.057** |
(0.008) | (0.012) | (0.012) | (0.026) | |
\({PI}_{o}^{PCA}\) | 0.020*** | 0.026** | 0.007 | 0.035*** |
(0.006) | (0.011) | (0.009) | (0.013) | |
Constant | 1.547*** | 2.039** | 0.784 | 1.413 |
(0.592) | (0.904) | (0.944) | (1.297) | |
Observations | 24,678 | 9368 | 9621 | 5689 |
Panel A: Informal employment | ||||
Treatment × post | − 0.028*** | − 0.035*** | − 0.034*** | − 0.004 |
(0.007) | (0.011) | (0.010) | (0.018) | |
\({PI}_{o}^{PCA}\) | − 0.022*** | − 0.029*** | − 0.021*** | − 0.021 |
(0.006) | (0.009) | (0.008) | (0.013) | |
Constant | 0.217 | − 0.833 | 1.325* | 0.873 |
(0.487) | (0.728) | (0.776) | (1.128) | |
Observations | 24,678 | 9368 | 9621 | 5689 |