Table 6 Regression results.

From: Do workers benefit from economic upgrading in the Pearl River Delta, China?

Variables

Wage

Medical insurance

Pension insurance

Voice

Coefficient

p-value

Odds ratio

p-value

Odds ratio

p-value

Coefficient

p-value

Economic upgrading

5471.1

0.000***

1.57

0.000***

1.59

0.000***

0.085

0.052*

Gender (reference: female)

Male

11,415.43

0.000***

0.96

0.731

0.72

0.013**

0.033

0.445

Age (reference: 15–29)

 30–39

6266.9

0.000***

1.10

0.525

1.93

0.000***

−0.01

0.859

 40–49

7753.77

0.000***

1.40

0.047**

2.08

0.000***

0.003

0.964

 50–55

7579.98

0.008***

1.25

0.392

2.65

0.000***

0.071

0.440

 56–65

3295.01

0.324

1.37

0.315

2.84

0.002***

0.117

0.283

Education (reference: College or above)

 Primary school or below

−23,738.07

0.000***

0.27

0.000***

0.32

0.001***

−0.33

0.002***

 Secondary school

−18,528.41

0.000***

0.97

0.876

1.19

0.434

−0.179

0.021**

Ownership (reference: joint venture/foreign enterprise)

 Public sector/SOE

−1804.83

0.516

0.79

0.327

0.49

0.005***

−0.017

0.844

 Collective enterprises

−2525.42

0.561

0.25

0.000***

0.16

0.000***

−0.046

0.732

 Private enterprises

−5318.57

0.021**

0.52

0.001***

0.36

0.000***

0.052

0.460

 Individual-owned enterprise

−7782.92

0.010**

0.23

0.000***

0.11

0.000***

0.173

0.064*

Industry (reference: secondary industry)

 Low-end service

3087.71

0.070*

1.17

0.309

1.08

0.635

0.128

0.018**

 High-end service

305.15

0.892

1.29

0.197

1.13

0.553

0.169

0.015**

Hukou (reference: ORMW)

 LRMW

−4510.96

0.013**

0.78

0.123

0.80

0.189

0.121

0.033**

 Urban worker

−3890.14

0.093*

1.81

0.003***

2.24

0.000***

−0.025

0.725

Contract

669.16

0.680

3.31

0.000***

4.36

0.000***

0.034

0.502

Skill certificate

4616.96

0.006***

1.71

0.000***

1.47

0.007***

0.077

0.133

Trade union

4670.81

0.008***

2.00

0.000***

2.62

0.000***

0.025

0.648

Intercept

38,824.66

0.000***

0.29

0.000***

0.18

0.000***

3.319

0.000***

Sample size

1677

1712

1712

1571

  1. The key results are in italic type.
  2. * Significant at the 10% level.
  3. ** Significant at the 5% level.
  4. *** Significant at the 1% level.
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