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Table 4 Main results

From: “Too shocked to search” The COVID-19 shutdowns’ impact on the search for apprenticeships

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Panel A: Stringency Index

Stringency Index

− 0.617***

(0.014)

− 0.683***

(0.015)

− 0.579***

(0.017)

− 0.569***

(0.017)

Stringency over time

 

0.091***

(0.012)

  

Public holiday

− 0.304***

(0.009)

− 0.303***

(0.009)

− 0.277***

(0.009)

− 0.280***

(0.009)

School vacation

− 0.208***

(0.006)

− 0.209***

(0.006)

− 0.200***

(0.006)

− 0.187***

(0.006)

Share signed apprentice. contr

   

− 0.604***

(0.059)

Observations

512,148

512,148

236,964

236,964

Time range

28.02.’20–04.04.’21

28.02.’20–31.08.’20

Panel B: Shutdowns

Stringency Index

 

− 0.095***

(0.019)

− 0.191***

(0.022)

 

Stringency over time

  

0.053**

(0.020)

 

Shutdown 1

− 0.394***

(0.006)

− 0.366***

(0.007)

− 0.378***

(0.008)

− 0.379***

(0.006)

Shutdown 2

   

− 0.199***

(0.007)

Public holiday

− 0.326***

(0.009)

− 0.324***

(0.009)

− 0.328***

(0.009)

− 0.277***

(0.008)

School vacation

− 0.206***

(0.006)

− 0.207***

(0.006)

− 0.208***

(0.006)

− 0.171***

(0.006)

Observations

512,148

512,148

512,148

512,148

Time range

28.02.’20–04.04.’21

  1. Outcome is the log (daily queries per canton and occupation). Other controls are dummies for: Days of the week, month, occupation, canton, year. Shutdown 1 is defined as 16.03–11.05.2020. Shutdown 2 is defined as 22.12.2020–28.02.2021. Columns (3) and (4) in Panel A are restricted until apprenticeships 2020 started in the beginning of September. Standard errors in parentheses are clustered standard errors on occupation x canton level. **, and *** marks statistical significance at the 1%, and 0.1% level