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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of employed people by recent labor market history, means

From: Back to work: the effect of a long-term career interruption on subsequent wages in Switzerland

 

Reported long-term career interruption in previous interview

Yes

No

Difference

Personal characteristics

 Female

0.67 (0.47)

0.50 (0.50)

0.17 (0.03)a

 Age

36.24 (12.72)

43.85 (11.37)

-7.61 (0.62)a

 Married

0.42 (0.49)

0.58 (0.49)

-0.16 (0.03)a

 Children

1.02 (1.20)

1.38 (1.23)

-0.36 (0.07)a

 Children in household (0 to 17 years)

0.70 (0.96)

0.68 (0.99)

0.02 (0.05)

 Tertiary education

0.22 (0.42)

0.30 (0.46)

-0.07 (0.03)a

Job and workplace characteristics

 Fixed-term contract

0.30 (0.46)

0.06 (0.23)

0.25 (0.01)a

 Part-time work

0.65 (0.48)

0.39 (0.49)

0.26 (0.03)a

 Weekly hours

26.91 (13.03)

34.88 (10.00)

-7.97 (0.55)a

 Hourly wage (CHF)

25.82 (12.86)

38.88 (14.97)

-13.06 (0.82)a

Firm size

 1-9 employees

0.26 (0.44)

0.13 (0.34)

0.13 (0.02)a

 10-49 employees

0.31 (0.46)

0.27 (0.44)

0.04 (0.02)

 50-99 employees

0.10 (0.31)

0.12 (0.33)

-0.02 (0.02)

 100-499 employees

0.20 (0.40)

0.24 (0.43)

-0.04 (0.02)c

 ≥ 500 employees

0.13 (0.33)

0.23 (0.42)

-0.11 (0.02)a

Type of job

 High skilled white collar

0.47 (0.50)

0.60 (0.49)

-0.13 (0.03)a

 Low skilled white collar

0.36 (0.48)

0.24 (0.43)

0.11 (0.02)a

 High skilled blue collar

0.06 (0.24)

0.10 (0.30)

-0.04 (0.02)b

 Low skilled blue collar

0.11 (0.32)

0.06 (0.24)

0.05 (0.01)a

Sector

 Agriculture, hunting, forestry

0.01 (0.12)

0.01 (0.09)

0.01 (0.01)

 Manufacturing

0.11 (0.31)

0.16 (0.36)

-0.05 (0.02)b

 Construction

0.04 (0.19)

0.04 (0.20)

-0.00 (0.01)

 Wholesale, retail; repair motor vehicles, household goods

0.14 (0.35)

0.11 (0.32)

0.03 (0.02)c

 Hotels and restaurants

0.05 (0.21)

0.02 (0.14)

0.03 (0.01)a

 Transport, storage, communication

0.06 (0.23)

0.06 (0.24)

-0.00 (0.01)

 Financial intermediation, insurance

0.04 (0.19)

0.07 (0.26)

-0.03 (0.01)b

 Real estate, renting, computer, research

0.16 (0.36)

0.11 (0.31)

0.05 (0.02)a

 Public administration, national defence, compulsory social security

0.07 (0.26)

0.09 (0.29)

-0.02 (0.02)

 Education

0.07 (0.26)

0.11 (0.31)

-0.03 (0.02)b

 Health and social work

0.19 (0.39)

0.16 (0.37)

0.03 (0.02)c

 Other community, social and personal service activities

0.05 (0.21)

0.05 (0.22)

-0.01 (0.01)

 Other sectors

0.01 (0.11)

0.01 (0.11)

0.00 (0.01)

Final period of education in previous year

0.14 (0.35)

0.04 (0.20)

0.10 (0.01)a

Further education in previous year

0.20 (0.40)

0.39 (0.49)

-0.19 (0.03)a

# Person-year observations

338

31,610

 
  1. Source: Swiss Household Panel (SHP), own calculations
  2. Standard deviations are in parentheses. The sample corresponds to the sample used in the estimation of Eq. (1) where j = 1. a significant at the 1% level, b significant at the 5% level, c significant at the 10% level.