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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of relevant variables

From: Stabilization and structuralization: transformations of China's labor market from the perspective of new institutionalism (2006–2017)

 

2006

2008

2012

2015

2017

Dependent variables

Income (log)

9.39

(0.71)

9.43

(0.81)

9.80

(0.94)

9.97

(1.13)

10.15

(1.22)

Job type (1 = Stable job, %)

36.75

48.33

53.65

52.59

54.93

Independent Variables

Sector type (1 = Public sector, %)

59.40

49.47

40.90

37.61

34.95

Years of education

11.52

(3.22)

11.31

(3.40)

11.81

(3.91)

11.84

(4.01)

12.39

(3.98)

Control Variables

Gender (1 = Male, %)

56.14

59.89

58.48

58.81

58.51

Age

35.09

(10.22)

36.92

(10.35)

38.84

(10.89)

38.86

(11.14)

36.15

(10.43)

Nationality (1 = Han, %)

95.75

94.95

94.19

95.01

94.57

Hukou(1 = Nonagricultural, %)

74.20

69.97

66.51

60.83

57.87

Urban (1 = Yes, %)

82.71

77.79

85.12

81.53

81.70

Party membership (1 = Yes, %)

14.25

18.20

16.37

15.12

14.90

Occupational stratum (%)

Non skilled worker stratum

21.65

31.89

26.36

30.06

21.46

Skilled worker stratum

20.60

17.62

16.90

13.48

18.21

General non manual stratum

26.49

13.11

22.12

21.33

25.43

White-collar stratum

21.56

23.11

27.31

23.29

25.16

Elite stratum

9.71

14.27

7.31

11.84

9.74

  1. The standard deviation is listed in parentheses