The efficiency wage effect of employer provided occupational pensions

IZA Journal of European Labor Studies

Table 2 Establishment characteristics explaining the incidence of pension claims

Dep. var.: occupational pension claims
	(1)	(2)
Works council	0.079**	0.061*
	(0.035)	(0.032)
Collective bargaining	0.053*	0.039
	(0.029)	(0.025)
Administrative laziness	-0.204***	-0.148***
	(0.046)	(0.044)
East	-0.097***	-0.050*
	(0.026)	(0.028)
Firm size
50-99 employees	reference
100-249 employees	0.034	0.008
	(0.032)	(0.029)
250-499 employees	0.070**	0.041
	(0.036)	(0.032)
more than 500 employees	0.103***	0.073**
	(0.036)	(0.033)
Covariates:
Individual controls	no	yes
Establishment controls	yes	yes
Establishments	785	785
Employees	5,024	5,024

Cluster robust standard errors in parentheses (cluster=establishment). Asterisks indicate significance levels: *** p <0.01, ** p <0.05, * p <0.1. The presented estimates are partial effects from weighted linear regressions. Dep. var: indicator that the employee obtains claims for an occupational pension. Individual controls: occupation (30 categories), perceived job security (3 categories), indiv. conditions of work, logarithmic gross wage, bonus payments, a white collar indicator, temporary contracts, tenure (year-dummies), work experience, migration status, gender, age (4 categories), and education (4 categories). Establishment controls: industries (38 categories), profitability (4 categories) and legal form (6 categories). Data source: LPP 2012 and IAB-Establishment Panel 2012, analysis sample.