Table 1 Variable means by labor market state
From: Low-wage employment versus unemployment: Which one provides better prospects for women?
High-pay, | High-pay, | Low-pay, | Low-pay, | Unemployment | Inactivity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
≥ 30 hours | ≤ 30 hours | ≥ 30 hours | ≤30 hours | |||
Number of individuals | 1,305 | 1,149 | 379 | 627 | 284 | 970 |
Number of observations | 5,157 | 3,931 | 748 | 1,661 | 472 | 3,088 |
Share of observations | 34.25 | 26.11 | 4.97 | 11.03 | 3.13 | 20.51 |
No apprenticeship | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.32 | 0.23 | 0.26 | 0.23 |
(dummy) | ||||||
Apprenticeship | 0.68 | 0.75 | 0.63 | 0.70 | 0.68 | 0.66 |
(dummy) | ||||||
University or technical | 0.23 | 0.16 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.11 |
college degree (dum.) | ||||||
Age | 42.02 | 43.62 | 40.42 | 42.00 | 41.96 | 39.90 |
Immigrant (dummy) | 0.15 | 0.09 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 0.25 | 0.20 |
Handicap (dummy) | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.10 |
No partner in the | 0.29 | 0.09 | 0.27 | 0.08 | 0.32 | 0.08 |
household (dummy) | ||||||
Monthly gross wage | 1763.97 | 2781.51 | 1536.32 | 2348.23 | 1510.22 | 2570.46 |
of the partner (in €) | ||||||
Number of children | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.44 |
(age: 0 - 3) | ||||||
Number of children | 0.03 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.14 | 0.19 | 0.26 |
(age: 4 - 6) | ||||||
Number of children | 0.06 | 0.23 | 0.11 | 0.28 | 0.22 | 0.32 |
(age: 7 - 10) | ||||||
Number of children | 0.20 | 0.55 | 0.39 | 0.60 | 0.48 | 0.41 |
(age: 11 - 17) | ||||||
Local unemployment | 8.24 | 8.27 | 8.12 | 8.33 | 8.49 | 8.32 |
rate (in percent) |