Table 1 Summary statistics of the regression data set
From: International trade and unemployment: towards an investigation of the Swiss case
Dependent variable | Change in employment status | Employment status |
|---|---|---|
(1) | (2) | |
Observations and individuals: | ||
No. of observations | 20,928 | 40,875 |
With status “becoming unemployed” | 463 | |
With status “being unemployed” | 1226 | |
No. of observed individuals | 10,242 | 18,995 |
Of which becoming unemployed at least once | 461 (733 obs.) | |
Of which being unemployed at least once | 1008 (2838 obs.) | |
Mean no. of observations/individual | 2.0 | 2.2 |
Trade covariates: | ||
Mean annual import changes | 6.9% | 6.3% |
Median annual import changes | 5.8% | 4.6% |
Mean annual export changes | 7.6% | 7.1% |
Median annual export changes | 6.9% | 6.4% |
Industry characteristics: | ||
ICT intensive | 37.2% | 36.3% |
Not ICT intensive | 62.8% | 63.7% |
GAV sector | 40.1% | 39.6% |
Non-GAV sector | 59.9% | 60.4% |
Worker and job characteristics: | ||
Mean age | 42.6 | 41.2 |
High-skilled | 25.2% | 23.9% |
Medium-skilled | 52.1% | 52.5% |
Low-skilled | 22.8% | 23.5% |
Swiss citizen | 60.6% | 59.0% |
Foreigner | 39.4% | 41.0% |
Male | 70.4% | 69.0% |
Female | 29.6% | 31.0% |
Single | 24.4% | 27.5% |
Married | 64.0% | 61.2% |
Widowed | 1.7% | 1.6% |
Divorced | 10.0% | 9.7% |
Full-time | 86.4% | 85.7% |
Part-time | 13.6% | 14.3% |
Fixed contract | 98.6% | 97.2% |
Temporary | 1.4% | 2.8% |
Short tenure (< 1 year) | 2.5% | 11.3% |
Medium tenure (1 to < 5 years) | 29.3% | 29.0% |
Long tenure (> 5 years) | 68.3% | 59.7% |