Table 4 Logistic regressions for preferences for academic vs. vocational education
From: What wages do people expect for vocational and academic education backgrounds in Switzerland?
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Female | − 0.0004 | − 0.0007 | − 0.0001 | − 0.0024 | − 0.0008 |
(0.0253) | (0.0252) | (0.0252) | (0.0252) | (0.0251) | |
Age (reference: 18–29) | |||||
30–39 | 0.1408** | 0.1365** | 0.1386** | 0.1409** | 0.1423** |
(0.0446) | (0.0446) | (0.0445) | (0.0442) | (0.0440) | |
40–49 | 0.1687*** | 0.1602*** | 0.1558*** | 0.1591*** | 0.1502*** |
(0.0407) | (0.0409) | (0.0412) | (0.0408) | (0.0409) | |
50 + | 0.2040*** | 0.1941*** | 0.1905*** | 0.1924*** | 0.1857*** |
(0.0403) | (0.0405) | (0.0407) | (0.0403) | (0.0403) | |
Educational background (reference: obligatory) | |||||
Vocational | − 0.1206* | − 0.1347* | − 0.1479* | − 0.1390* | − 0.1517** |
(0.0564) | (0.0569) | (0.0586) | (0.0565) | (0.0572) | |
Academic | 0.1893** | 0.1815** | 0.1697** | 0.1834** | 0.1717** |
(0.0623) | (0.0627) | (0.0644) | (0.0622) | (0.0630) | |
Monthly household income (reference: less than 6000) | |||||
6,001–10,000 | 0.0176 | 0.0191 | 0.0137 | 0.0138 | 0.0032 |
(0.0328) | (0.0328) | (0.0330) | (0.0327) | (0.0327) | |
More than 10,000 | 0.0458 | 0.0519 | 0.0456 | 0.0493 | 0.0325 |
(0.0359) | (0.0360) | (0.0364) | (0.0359) | (0.0366) | |
Parent | 0.0015 | 0.0017 | 0.0001 | − 0.0003 | − 0.0021 |
(0.0313) | (0.0314) | (0.0315) | (0.0311) | (0.0310) | |
Migration background | 0.0957*** | 0.0949*** | 0.0961*** | 0.0960*** | 0.0990*** |
(0.0284) | (0.0283) | (0.0283) | (0.0284) | (0.0283) | |
Region of living (reference: German) | |||||
French | 0.0356 | 0.0430 | 0.0525 | 0.0436 | 0.0537 |
(0.0306) | (0.0305) | (0.0312) | (0.0303) | (0.0304) | |
Italian | 0.0750 | 0.0810 | 0.0950 | 0.0867 | 0.1120* |
(0.0476) | (0.0474) | (0.0490) | (0.0479) | (0.0495) | |
Age 30 | |||||
Relative wage difference | 0.0703* | ||||
(0.0299) | |||||
Log(wage expectation academic) | 0.1593** | ||||
(0.0489) | |||||
Log(wage expectation vocational) | − 0.0926 | ||||
(0.0616) | |||||
Age 50 | |||||
Relative wage difference | 0.0676** | ||||
(0.0226) | |||||
Log(wage expectation academic) | 0.1774*** | ||||
(0.0415) | |||||
Log(wage expectation vocational) | − 0.0607 | ||||
(0.0594) | |||||
Chi-squared test overall significance | 116.3*** | 121.0*** | 124.8*** | 122.7*** | 130.1*** |
Pseudo R-squared | 0.073 | 0.077 | 0.079 | 0.079 | 0.083 |
Number of observations | 1511 | ||||