Table 4 Matching skills and tasks across occupations
From: Matching worker skills to job tasks in the Netherlands: sorting into cities for better careers
| Â | 1. Managers | 2. Professionals | 3. Technicians | 4. Clerks | 5. Service and sales | 7. Craft and trade | 8. Operators | 9. Elementary | |||||||||
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| Â | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Â |
| Â | Matching variables | Â | |||||||||||||||
Matching all skills | 0.22 | (0.91) | 0.25 | (0.76) | 0.14 | (0.84) | -0.22 | (1.07) | -0.29 | (1.16) | 0.03 | (0.97) | -0.15 | (1.11) | -0.71 | (1.33) | Â |
Cognitive skills & cognitive tasks | 0.18 | (1.16) | 0.05 | (1.04) | 0.05 | (0.98) | -0.15 | (0.82) | -0.07 | (0.99) | -0.12 | (0.98) | -0.24 | (0.87) | 0.12 | (1.04) | Â |
Social skills & cognitive tasks | 0.09 | (0.99) | 0.00 | (0.99) | 0.01 | (1.01) | -0.16 | (0.93) | 0.05 | (0.97) | 0.19 | (1.25) | -0.09 | (0.85) | 0.08 | (1.06) | Â |
| Â | Skill variables | Â | |||||||||||||||
Investment in cognitive skills | 0.46 | (1.16) | 0.21 | (1.09) | -0.10 | (0.95) | -0.15 | (0.84) | -0.23 | (0.90) | -0.13 | (0.87) | -0.37 | (0.63) | -0.25 | (0.81) | Â |
Investment in social skills | 0.19 | (1.10) | 0.06 | (1.02) | 0.05 | (1.02) | -0.15 | (0.93) | -0.01 | (0.99) | -0.07 | (1.00) | -0.25 | (0.69) | -0.08 | (0.96) | Â |
| Â | Job tasks | Â | |||||||||||||||
Importance of cognitive tasks | 0.54 | (1.07) | 0.18 | (0.97) | 0.10 | (1.00) | -0.22 | (0.89) | -0.34 | (0.93) | -0.13 | (0.85) | -0.53 | (0.93) | -0.64 | (0.83) | Â |
Importance of social tasks | 0.48 | (0.94) | 0.23 | (0.91) | 0.08 | (0.92) | -0.33 | (0.92) | -0.02 | (1.02) | -0.67 | (1.03) | -0.56 | (1.05) | -0.55 | (1.03) | Â |