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Table 2 Determinants of the employment rate of asylum seekers

From: Are asylum seekers more likely to work with more inclusive labor market access regulations?

Dependant variable

Employment rate [0–100%]

 
 

2011–2014

2011–2014

2011–2014

2011

2011*

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Mean dep. variable

7.692

7.692

4.935

5.589

5.644

Labor market access [0–1]

10.658***

12.268***

10.623***

11.203***

10.705***

 

(2.144)

(2.339)

(1.813)

(3.633)

(3.361)

Basic assistance [0–1]

 

− 3.280

0.090

2.682

4.824

  

(5.641)

(3.263)

(4.222)

(4.346)

Integration [0–1]

 

− 2.537*

− 2.329*

− 2.474

− 3.427*

  

(1.358)

(1.302)

(1.954)

(1.973)

Population size, ln

− 2.199***

− 2.112***

− 0.585

− 0.501

− 0.570

 

(0.651)

(0.618)

(0.510)

(0.958)

(0.887)

Share of foreign residents

0.117

0.176

0.029

0.162

0.211

 

(0.143)

(0.154)

(0.109)

(0.237)

(0.218)

Rate of unemployment

− 3.042**

− 2.336*

− 0.038

− 1.475

− 0.062

 

(1.133)

(1.270)

(1.236)

(1.983)

(2.347)

GDP per capita, ln

− 7.276**

− 7.517***

− 2.649

− 6.329

− 2.855

 

(2.931)

(2.662)

(2.742)

(4.440)

(5.136)

Yes-share “against

− 0.181*

− 0.182

− 0.150*

− 0.131

− 0.019

illegal immigration"

(0.098)

(0.109)

(0.080)

(0.114)

(0.117)

Fraction of employment in

     

- Catering and lodging

0.831***

0.842***

0.321

0.188

0.367

 

(0.285)

(0.289)

(0.231)

(0.371)

(0.372)

- Agriculture

− 1.644***

− 1.448***

− 0.214

− 0.302

0.704

 

(0.358)

(0.402)

(0.530)

(0.806)

(1.137)

- Construction

− 0.053

− 0.046

0.230

− 0.006

− 0.231

 

(0.577)

(0.531)

(0.517)

(0.757)

(0.722)

Fraction of Romance

− 0.003

− 0.024

− 0.025

0.010

− 0.010

language speakers

(0.030)

(0.034)

(0.035)

(0.054)

(0.056)

Year FE

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Country-of-origin FE

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No. of observations

96

96

4014

1028

1018

No. of clusters

24

24

24

24

23

Adj.R2

0.736

0.745

0.181

0.197

0.203

  1. Notes: Columns (1) and (2) use data at the cantonal level, and columns (3) to (5) exploit disaggregated data at the canton-nationality level
  2. *The specification in column (5) excludes cantons stating to apply a total ban. Standard errors are clustered at the cantonal level and are reported in parentheses
  3. Significance levels: *.05<p<.1, **.01<p<.05, *** p<.01
  4. Data sources:Wichmann et al. (2011), Swiss State Secretariat for Migration, and Federal Statistical Office