Table 1 Variable specifications and descriptive statistics.
From: Body shape and labor market dynamics: analyzing salary information asymmetry and bargaining power
Variables | Definition | Sample | Mean | SD | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income | Yearly salary (Unit: RMB) | 12,369 | 40,293 | 245,563 | 0 | 4,400,000 |
Edu | Years of education | 12,582 | 7.7667 | 3.8168 | 0 | 18 |
Exp | Accumulated years of working in the workplace | 11,952 | 6.2587 | 10.4816 | 0 | 72 |
Tenure | Accumulated years of working in the current position | 11,911 | 3.6361 | 7.4486 | 0 | 69 |
Gender | Dummy variable, 1 = male; others = 0 | 12,582 | 0.4717 | 0.4992 | 0 | 1 |
People | The number of family member living with the interviewees | 12,582 | 2.9010 | 3.2279 | 1 | 23 |
BMI | \(\text{Weight}(\text{Kg})/{Height}^{2}({m}^{2})\) | 12,445 | 22.7403 | 3.6866 | 6.7319 | 45 |
Height | Height of interviewees (Unit: cm) | 12,506 | 163.8815 | 8.1730 | 101 | 193 |
Contract | Dummy variable, 1 = interviewee has work contract; others = 0 | 3255 | 0.3465 | 1.2428 | 0 | 1 |
Register | Dummy variable, 1 = interviewee’s household registration in city; others = 0 | 12,582 | 0.8354 | 0.3708 | 0 | 1 |
