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Table 9 Pre-treatment outcomes for restaurants with missing wage and work-time information

From: Minimum wage regulation in Switzerland: survey evidence for restaurants in the canton of Neuchâtel

  

Estimation sample

 

Missing observations

   
 

N

N

Mean

N

Mean

Diff.

T -stat

Restaurants with missing wage data

Headcount employment

107

94

4.77

13

5.00

0.23

(0.23)

Part-time workers

107

94

0.52

13

0.36

–0.16

(–1.40)

Workers without qualification

107

94

0.74

13

0.60

–0.15

(–1.38)

Young workers (< 25 years old)

107

94

0.19

13

0.21

0.02

(0.23)

Price 3dl soda

107

94

3.69

13

3.52

–0.16

(–1.64)

Price coffee

107

94

3.52

13

3.52

–0.01

(–0.10)

Price daily special

104

91

17.78

13

16.62

–1.16*

(–1.67)

Seating capacity

107

94

100.46

13

114.23

13.77

(0.64)

Daily meals served (Mon-Thu)

105

94

44.91

11

88.18

43.27

(1.25)

Daily meals served (Fri-Sun)

103

94

56.46

9

101.67

45.20

(1.24)

Restaurants with missing work-time data

Headcount employment

107

88

4.74

19

5.05

0.31

(0.29)

Part-time workers

107

88

0.51

19

0.46

–0.05

(–0.58)

Workers without qualification

107

88

0.73

19

0.73

0.00

(0.04)

Young workers (< 25 years old)

107

88

0.22

19

0.07

–0.15***

(–3.29)

Price 3dl soda

107

88

3.68

19

3.59

–0.09

(–1.28)

Price coffee

107

88

3.53

19

3.48

–0.04

(–0.89)

Price daily special

104

86

17.80

18

16.86

–0.94

(–1.63)

Seating capacity

107

88

99.58

19

113.95

14.37

(0.67)

Daily meals served (Mon-Thu)

105

88

49.52

17

49.03

–0.49

(–0.04)

Daily meals served (Fri-Sun)

103

88

60.31

15

61.00

0.69

(0.03)

  1. Notes: This table reports balance tests for restaurants with missing data for wages and work-time percentages, using pre-treatment data from the first wave of the survey. Excludes data for managers and members of their family. Workers without qualification are employees without a professional degree. Heteroskedasticity-robust t-statistics reported. ,, and denote statistical significance at 10%, 5%, and 1%, respectively