Table 14 List of variables
From: Matching worker skills to job tasks in the Netherlands: sorting into cities for better careers
Dependent variables | Mean | SD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Matching all skills | How do your knowledge and skills suit your work? | Standardised | 0.00 | 1.00 |
Matching cognitive skills | Inverse of the difference between standardised cognitive job tasks | Standardised | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Â | and standardised cognitive skills. | Â | Â | Â |
Matching social skills | Inverse of the difference between standardised social job tasks. | Standardised | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Â | and standardised social skills. See Table 2 for the social skills. | Â | Â | Â |
Cognitive skills | Number of cognitive statements with which the worker agrees or strongly | Standardised | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Â | agrees. | Â | Â | Â |
Social skills | Number of cognitive statements with which the worker agrees or strongly | Standardised | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Â | agrees, See Table 2 for cognitive and social statements. | Â | Â | Â |
Cognitive tasks | Number of core cognitive tasks the worker performs. | Standardised | 0.00 | 1.00 |
Social tasks | Number of core social tasks the workers performs, | Standardised | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Â | See table 2 for cognitive and social job tasks. | Â | Â | Â |
Gross monthly wage | Personal gross monthly income in euros. | Standardised | 0.00 | 1.00 |
Explanatory variables | Â | Â | ||
City | Dummy variable indicating whether the worker works in a city with at least 1,500 dwellings per square kilometre. | Dummy | 0.45 | 0.50 |
Age | Age | In years | 44.69 | 12.17 |
Female | Dummy variable indicating whether the worker is male or female. | Dummy | 1.53 | 0.50 |
Native | Dummy variable indicating whether the worker is native Dutch or not. | Dummy | 0.91 | 0.29 |
Skill dummies | Indicates the worker’s highest diploma obtained. |  |  |  |
Low skilled | Worker did not obtain a diploma. | Dummy | 0.20 | 0.40 |
Medium skilled | Intermediate vocational education diploma. | Dummy | 0.37 | 0.48 |
| Â | or high school diploma at the pre-university level. | Â | Â | Â |
High skilled | Higher vocational education or university diploma. | Dummy | 0.38 | 0.49 |
Occupation | One-digit ISCO occupations | Categorised 1-10 | Â | Â |