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Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: Gender gaps in recurrence and concentration of unemployment: Evidence from youth leaving France’s education system

 

Males

Females

Gender gap

Gender ratios

Average unemployment rates (H)

0.06

0.08

0.02

1.33

Incidence (at least one spell) (P)

0.495

0.58

0.085

1.17

Mean number of unemployment spells

1

1.23

0.23

1.23

Mean total duration in months (alll spells)

8

10.63

2.63

1.33

Mean spell duration (in months)

8

8.57

0.57

1.07

Incidence factor (S α (P,A) for α = 2)

1.42

1.31

-0.11

0.92

Duration factor (D α (A) for α = 2)

1.61

1.57

-0.04

0.98

Concentration (S α ×D α for α = 2)

2.28

2.06

0.22

0.90

Shorrocks (U = S α  × D α  × H for α = 2)

0.14

0.17

0.03

1.21