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Table 1

Descriptive statistics

Variables	Mean	Std. dev.	Min	Max
Informal employment	38.39	8.85	17.8	67
Indirect value added	0.026	0.033	0.0025	0.464
Foreign value added	0.016	0.030	0	0.29
Domestic value added	0.068	0.089	0.008	1.33
Global value chain participation index	0.042	0.06	0.004	0.717
GDP	1.29	5.46	−41.58	60.09
Unemployment	7.87	6.19	0.32	24.45
Inflation	69.38	948.36	−29.17	26765.86
Life expectancy at birth	55.53	7.42	14.09	76.59

Variables	Mean	Std. dev.	Min	Max
Informal employment	38.39	8.85	17.8	67
Indirect value added	0.026	0.033	0.0025	0.464
Foreign value added	0.016	0.030	0	0.29
Domestic value added	0.068	0.089	0.008	1.33
Global value chain participation index	0.042	0.06	0.004	0.717
GDP	1.29	5.46	−41.58	60.09
Unemployment	7.87	6.19	0.32	24.45
Inflation	69.38	948.36	−29.17	26765.86
Life expectancy at birth	55.53	7.42	14.09	76.59

Source(s): Authors. Data from the Shadow Economy and the UNCTAD-Eora GVCs Database