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 |