**Table 2. Extended Mincerian earnings equations by age group and gender**

|**Variable**|**All**|**Teenagers**<br>**(15-19)**|**Young**<br>**adults**<br>**(20-24)**|**Prime-**<br>**aged**<br>**(25-29)**|**All women**|**All men**|**Teenagers**<br>**women**|**Teenagers**<br>**men**|**Young**<br>**adults**<br>**women**|**Young**<br>**adults**<br>**men**|**Prime-**<br>**aged**<br>**women**|**Prime-aged**<br>**men**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Women**|-0.1204***|-0.0697|-0.1959***|-0.1279***|||||||||
|**Log of weekly hours of work**|0.2042***|-0.126|0.1777**|0.2613***|0.0334|0.2394***|0.0562|-0.1592|0.1439*|0.0972|-0.0293|0.3636***|
|**Education (baseline: vocational or below)**|||||||||||||
|**General education**|0.0182|-0.0274|0.0562|-0.0431|-0.0434|0.0241|0.0069|-0.0962|0.0409|0.0646|-0.0735|0.0077|
|**Secondary general education**|0.0514**|0.0224|0.1133**|-0.0508|-0.0123|0.0763**|0.013|-0.0252|0.0544|0.1685*|-0.0598|0.0009|
|**Secondary specialised education**|0.0676*|-0.1376|0.117|-0.038|-0.0458|0.1279***|-0.1134|-0.166|-0.0666|0.2399**|-0.0537|0.0447|
|**University and Master programme**|0.1870***|0.0343|0.1786**|0.1089*|0.0963|0.2454***|-0.0479|-0.0825|0.0588|0.2874**|0.0582|0.2142*|
|**Actual work experience**<sup>**1**</sup>|0.0091***|0.0021|0.0008|0.0038|0.0057**|0.0108***|-0.1323|-0.0045|-0.0131*|0.0128|0.0038|0.0083|
|**Work and study**|0.0714|0.3084**|-0.0025|0.0857|0.1320*|0.0506|0.3232*|0.138|-0.0194|0.0305|0.1138|0.0567|
|**Self-employed**|0.2969***|0.6135***|0.1784***|0.2620***|0.2822*|0.2953***|0.9774|0.4879**|0.1587|0.1253*|0.0424|0.3020***|
|**Immigrant of which (baseline: not an immigrant)**|||||||||||||
|**With family**|0.1116|0.0485|0.0986|0.1349|0.029|0.3289**|0.1377|0.0643|0.0741|0.6759***|0.04|0.3048*|
|**For educational reasons**|0.1424***|0.0741|0.2063|(omitted)|(omitted)|0.1484**|(omitted)|0.0423|(omitted)|0.2037|(omitted)|(omitted)|
|**Looking for a job**|-0.2109**|-0.1418**|-0.2251***|-0.1775|-0.4030***|-0.0393|(omitted)|-0.1258|-0.3525**|-0.0495|-0.3273**|-0.0717|
|**For other reasons**|-0.0071|0.032|-0.0257|0.0054|-0.0171|-0.0197|0.1088|-0.0276|0.0756|-0.0473|-0.1142|-0.0051|
|**Job search method (baseline: other job search**<br>**channels)**|||||||||||||
|<br>**Educational institutions**|-0.2732***|-0.1375|-0.0985|-0.3818***|0.0199|-0.3960***|0.4684|-0.1944|0.4103**|-0.2312*|-0.0742|0.0533|
|**Job fairs**|0.4754***|1.0122**|0.6354***|0.3209**|0.8445***|0.2695***|(omitted)|0.5532|1.2074***|0.4175***|0.9737***|0.089|
|**Public Employment Offices**|0.3322***|1.2733**|0.5321***|0.1287|0.5626**|0.2412***|2.3288**|1.036|1.3043***|0.3569**|0.262|-0.0316|
|**Labor contractors**|0.0007|0.6069***|-0.1533|-0.026|0.0642|-0.0325|1.0267**|(omitted)|0.2891|-0.168|-0.296|-0.0631|
|**Direct call by the employer**|0.1007*|0.1555|0.1842**|0.0129|0.2465*|0.01|0.7066*|0.0616|0.5250**|0.0649|0.0842|0.2355**|
|**Public job adverts**|0.4896***|0.6739***|0.6360***|0.2892***|0.7031***|0.3251***|1.6686*|0.9002*|0.9488***|0.4209***|0.5992***|-0.0405|
|**Personal network of friends and relatives**|0.0193|0.2651|0.0151|-0.0312|0.1446|-0.0098|0.5229|0.1121|0.4520**|-0.0916|-0.0196|0.0533|
|**Type of working contract (baseline: no contract)**|||||||||||||
|**Contract of unlimited duration**|-0.4508***|-0.8260***|-0.5109***|-0.3386***|-0.6407***|-0.3591***|-0.1498|-0.8312***|-0.6103***|-0.4810***|-0.6819***|<br>-0.1708**|
|**Contract of limited duration**|-0.2661***|-0.3867*|-0.2913***|-0.1762*|-0.3801***|-0.2186***|0.3814|-0.5883|-0.2806*|-0.2850***|-0.4548**|-0.0768|
|**Seasonal contract**|-0.3837***|-0.5263***|-0.3182***|-0.3445***|-0.5343***|-0.3237***|0.3531|-0.6724***|-0.2869|-0.3256***|-0.7947***|<br>-0.1939**|
|**Oral contract**|-0.0636|(omitted)|-0.3214*|0.1141|(omitted)|0.11|(omitted)|(omitted)|(omitted)|-0.2721|(omitted)|0.4621**|
|**Formal / informal work (baseline: formal work)**|||||||||||||
|**Paid no tax on her / his job**|-0.1063**|-0.4123***|0.0319|-0.0957|-0.2278***|-0.0592|-0.4992**|-0.2621|-0.1465|0.0871|-0.0344|-0.1073|

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