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Table 4 Female activity rate: trends and welfare regimes

From: Female labour market participation in Europe: novel evidence on trends and shaping factors

 

All

Liberal

Continental

Democratic

Southern

 

Coef.

 

St.Err.

Coef.

 

St.Err.

Coef.

 

St.Err.

Coef.

 

St.Err.

Coef.

 

St.Err.

Marital status

               

Single

               

Incouple

-0.041

  **

0.021

-0.034

 

0.073

-0.06

*

0.035

0.023

 

0.031

-0.029

 

0.032

Separated

0.056

  ***

0.007

0.022

 

0.017

0.055

***

0.017

-0.003

 

0.023

0.088

***

0.009

Divorced

0.049

  ***

0.004

0.036

***

0.013

0.033

***

0.007

-0.012

*

0.007

0.111

***

0.008

Widowed

-0.067

  ***

0.006

0.016

 

0.013

-0.094

***

0.01

-0.021

*

0.012

-0.09

***

0.007

Children

               

No children

               

Children

-0.038

  ***

0.003

-0.026

**

0.012

-0.036

***

0.005

-0.035

***

0.006

-0.032

***

0.004

Child

0.052

  ***

0.016

0.047

 

0.067

0.133

***

0.027

0.122

***

0.026

0.002

 

0.022

child03

-0.16

  ***

0.026

-0.272

***

0.092

-0.263

***

0.044

-0.354

***

0.053

-0.064

*

0.034

child36

-0.133

  ***

0.024

-0.209

**

0.09

-0.201

***

0.042

0.027

 

0.037

-0.11

***

0.031

child614

-0.046

  ***

0.018

-0.118

*

0.069

-0.047

 

0.032

0.003

 

0.033

-0.069

***

0.023

trend*child

-0.001

 

0.001

0.001

 

0.005

-0.006

***

0.002

-0.004

*

0.002

0.002

 

0.002

trend*child03

-0.001

 

0.002

0.001

 

0.007

0.003

 

0.003

0.011

***

0.003

0

 

0.003

trend*child36

0.004

  *

0.002

0.003

 

0.007

0.009

***

0.003

-0.002

 

0.003

0.005

*

0.002

trend*child614

-0.002

 

0.001

0

 

0.005

-0.001

 

0.003

0.002

 

0.003

0.001

 

0.002

Co-habiting Elderly

               

No elderly

               

old7080

0.063

  **

0.032

-0.174

 

0.179

0.051

 

0.078

-0.151

 

0.11

0.059

*

0.035

old80

-0.082

  *

0.043

-0.025

 

0.248

-0.166

 

0.119

-0.007

 

0.155

-0.064

 

0.046

trend*old7080

-0.01

  ***

0.003

0

 

0.013

-0.014

**

0.007

0

 

0.007

-0.007

**

0.003

trend*old80

0.004

 

0.003

-0.004

 

0.019

0.01

 

0.009

-0.007

 

0.012

0.004

 

0.004

Education

               

Low skilled

               

ISCED35

0.086

  ***

0.016

0.128

*

0.067

0.016

 

0.031

0.082

***

0.031

0.112

***

0.021

ISCED67

0.152

  ***

0.019

0.106

 

0.074

0.045

 

0.036

0.108

***

0.033

0.252

***

0.025

trend*ISCED35

0.003

  **

0.001

0.004

 

0.006

0.006

***

0.002

0.001

 

0.003

0.001

 

0.002

trend*ISCED67

0.005

  ***

0.002

0.01

*

0.006

0.011

***

0.003

0.003

 

0.003

0

 

0.002

pISCED02

-0.056

  **

0.025

-0.009

 

0.099

0.019

 

0.045

0

 

0.044

-0.073

**

0.033

pISCED35

-0.058

  **

0.024

0.065

 

0.076

0.001

 

0.039

-0.015

 

0.039

-0.106

***

0.035

pISCED67

-0.064

  ***

0.026

0.028

 

0.08

-0.059

 

0.042

-0.026

 

0.043

-0.018

 

0.039

trend*pISCED02

0.003

  *

0.002

0.003

 

0.008

-0.001

 

0.004

0.004

 

0.004

0.003

 

0.003

trend*pISCED35

0.008

  ***

0.002

0.001

 

0.006

0.003

 

0.003

0.007

**

0.003

0.01

***

0.003

trend*pISCED67

0.006

  ***

0.002

0.001

 

0.006

0.006

**

0.003

0.007

**

0.003

0.002

 

0.003

Age

               

25-34

               

35-44

-0.042

  **

0.021

0.101

 

0.077

-0.107

***

0.039

0.093

***

0.035

-0.039

 

0.027

45-54

-0.157

  ***

0.023

-0.119

 

0.091

-0.239

***

0.037

0.107

***

0.038

-0.139

***

0.029

55-64

-0.455

  ***

0.02

-0.281

***

0.094

-0.585

***

0.025

0.005

 

0.04

-0.387

***

0.029

trend*(35-44)

0.008

  ***

0.002

-0.005

 

0.006

0.014

***

0.003

-0.002

 

0.003

0.006

***

0.002

trend*(45-54)

0.012

  ***

0.002

0.005

 

0.007

0.021

***

0.003

-0.002

 

0.003

0.008

***

0.002

trend*(55-64)

0.013

  ***

0.002

0.000

 

0.007

0.027

***

0.003

-0.006

*

0.003

0.005

**

0.002

Macro

               

Trend

0.000

 

0.002

0.000

 

0.008

-0.003

 

0.004

0.002

 

0.004

0.002

 

0.002

Cycle

0.003

  ***

0.001

0.000

 

0.002

0.007

***

0.001

0.000

 

0.001

-0.001

 

0.001

Observations

818168

  

50464

  

328750

  

129536

  

309418

  

Log likelihood

-432641.4

  

-26576.7

  

-165905.6

  

-60043.2

  

-169651

  

Pseudo - R2

0.148

  

0.123

  

0.143

  

0.086

  

0.175

  

Country dummies

yes

  

-

  

yes

  

yes

  

yes

  
  1. Note: *significant at 10%; **significant at 5%; ***significant at 1%. Marginal effects at the mean and clustered St.Err are reported.