better or be higher among the poorer segments than richer segments of the working population in Haiti.

Findings for tertiary education follow the pattern for completed primary and secondary education and workers with complete tertiary education do face decreasing returns across the income distribution; i.e. workers in the low end of the income distribution are paid more than their peers in the high end (the absolute premium is still much larger for those in the higher quantiles). Hence, workers with the same level of education are not compensated equally.

|Table 2: Determinan|ts of Labor|Income<br>De|in Haiti,20<br>Q<br>pendent vari|01<br>uantile R<br>able: Log|egressions<br>total income|(per capit|a)||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||10th qu|antile|25th qu|antile|Med|ian|75th qu|antile|90th qu|antile|
||Return||Return||Return||Return||Return||
||%|P>|t|%|P>|t|%|P>|t|%|P>|t|%|P>|t|
|Age|1.06|2.87|0.03|0.13|0.44|2.97|0.32|1.79|0.36|1.50|
|Female|5.49|0.43|12.86|1.51|10.26|1.90|0.31|0.05|4.03|0.53|
|Family size|-28.45|-4.46|-28.02|-6.87|-28.37|-11.30|-30.18|-10.27|-25.98|-6.63|
|<br>Squared family size|1.78|2.71|1.73|4.16|1.93|7.68|2.17|7.49|1.54|4.13|
|Primary Education|95.20|4.91|75.39|6.41|82.69|10.58|80.55|8.70|69.21|6.11|
|<br>Secondary education|331.80|9.42|199.94|11.12|202.99|17.32|220.13|15.25|177.48|10.50|
|Tertiary Education|1850.47|9.01|1319.14|11.66|1271.89|18.32|1158.91|14.83|910.23|11.05|
|Work tenure >5 y.|69.89|1.83|46.58|2.02|5.59|0.45|17.22|1.12|17.87|0.92|
|<br>No info (work ten.)|96.34|2.46|49.30|2.23|6.19|0.53|17.24|1.19|13.16|0.74|
|Industry|47.89|1.13|14.78|0.64|-16.12|-1.27|-10.87|-0.70|-20.77|-1.13|
|<br>Agriculture|-14.58|-0.52|-19.89|-1.14|-34.70|-3.42|-44.32|-4.03|-55.52|-4.46|
|Service|-7.11|-0.27|-3.88|-0.22|-14.81|-1.40|-6.77|-0.52|-0.99|-0.06|
|Inactive|-52.58|-2.63|-40.22|-2.79|-30.39|-3.10|-21.96|-1.81|-17.58|-1.14|
|Social capital|19.06|1.41|14.70|1.74|0.65|0.13|-6.22|-1.07|-7.06|-0.96|
|Rural|290.90|2.29|41.67|0.88|19.72|0.69|-18.32|-0.63|-30.05|-0.85|
|Rural*age|-0.71|-1.55|0.23|0.78|-0.09|-0.48|0.21|0.93|0.33|1.13|
|<br>R*female|-6.90|-0.46|-21.49|-2.41|-21.53|-3.77|-5.74|-0.78|-5.21|-0.56|
|R*family size|1.97|0.21|0.15|0.03|3.50|0.92|4.51|1.01|-6.95|-1.28|
|<br>R*sq. fam. size|-0.47|-0.58|-0.16|-0.30|-0.44|-1.40|-0.58|-1.61|0.61|1.33|
|R*prim. edu.|-20.13|-1.31|-19.36|-1.95|-22.17|-3.52|-21.27|-2.81|-13.27|-1.31|
|R* second. edu.|-39.46|-2.20|-17.13|-1.30|-32.81|-4.28|-33.26|-3.63|-14.56|-1.09|
|R* tertiary edu.|-59.57|-1.35|-59.23|-1.77|-72.36|-4.03|-70.61|-3.13|-14.04|-0.34|
|<br>R*tenure >5 years|-24.06|-0.69|-18.49|-0.77|6.08|0.35|-2.94|-0.15|3.53|0.14|
|<br>R*no info (tenure)|-33.89|-1.07|-11.48|-0.48|8.87|0.52|-0.44|-0.02|7.08|0.29|
|R*industry|-60.33|-1.83|-36.96|-1.43|-21.77|-1.18|-15.19|-0.67|0.25|0.01|
|<br>R*agriculture|-34.92|-0.98|-14.72|-0.57|-11.87|-0.70|16.96|0.74|46.08|1.40|
|<br>R*service|-43.82|-1.38|-23.68|-0.99|-25.32|-1.67|-20.70|-1.11|-16.51|-0.67|
|R*inactive|-35.91|-1.05|-32.70|-1.44|-39.85|-2.90|-38.93|-2.37|-35.68|-1.67|
|R*social|12.80|0.76|11.73|1.10|20.46|2.89|24.19|2.82|14.05|1.35|
|Constant|34800|13.92|198324|27.20|573767|46.74|1269479|40.81|2308427|31.33|
|Pseudo R2|0.10|27|0.10|35|0.12|76|0.17|63|0.21|08|

_Note:_ Excluded categories: No completed education, 1-4 years work tenure, and public. The percentage return is calculated as (exp (coefficient estimate) – 1) * 100. Number of observations: 7099.

_Source:_ Own calculations based on HLCS 2001.

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