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Table 7 Model estimates, controlling for occupation-level physical interaction.

From: Lockdown stringency and employment formality: evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa

 

Overall

Lockdown level 5

Lockdown level 4

Lockdown level 3

Panel A: Employment

    

Treatment × post

 − 0.030***

 − 0.035***

 − 0.037***

 − 0.057**

 

(0.008)

(0.013)

(0.013)

(0.027)

\({PI}_{o}\)

 − 0.156**

 − 0.235**

 − 0.169*

 − 0.004

 

(0.069)

(0.111)

(0.096)

(0.155)

Constant

1.946***

1.571*

2.143**

2.639*

 

(0.621)

(0.917)

(0.992)

(1.427)

Observations

24,675

9366

9621

5688

Panel B: Formal sector employment

    

Treatment × post

 − 0.006

0.001

 − 0.011

 − 0.056**

 

(0.008)

(0.012)

(0.012)

(0.026)

\({PI}_{o}\)

0.029

 − 0.017

 − 0.000

0.210

 

(0.067)

(0.116)

(0.094)

(0.138)

Constant

1.510**

2.023**

0.771

1.315

 

(0.593)

(0.904)

(0.943)

(1.297)

Observations

24,675

9366

9621

5688

Panel C: Informal sector employment

    

Treatment × post

 − 0.028***

 − 0.036***

 − 0.035***

 − 0.005

 

(0.007)

(0.011)

(0.010)

(0.018)

\({PI}_{o}\)

 − 0.155**

 − 0.195*

 − 0.141*

 − 0.201

 

(0.062)

(0.107)

(0.081)

(0.133)

Constant

0.313

 − 0.703

1.422*

0.960

 

(0.485)

(0.718)

(0.775)

(1.133)

Observations

24,675

9366

9621

5688

  1. This table presents estimates of Eq. (1), overall and by lockdown level, for varying binary dependent variables while additionally controlling for occupation-level workplace physical interaction. Sample restricted to the working-age population (15–64 years) as of 2020Q1. Lockdown levels range from 5 (most stringent) to 3 (most lenient). All models control for a vector of time-varying observable covariates including age, highest education level, and employment type, as well as individual fixed effects (FEs). PI index = Physical Interaction index generated by merging occupation-level Occupational Information Network (O*NET) data and Time Use Survey 2010 with the QLFS data. Standard errors presented in parentheses and are clustered at the panel level. Estimates weighted using sampling weights. ‘Post’ coefficient omitted for brevity
  2. ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.10