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Table 4 Descriptive statistics of the sample

From: Absenteeism, childcare and the effectiveness of pension reforms

  

Year 2012

Year 2011

Variables

Obs

Mean

Std. dev.

Mean

Std. dev.

Treatment group

 Weeks of sick leave

18,708

0.12

1.00

0.11

0.91

 Delay in retirement due to Monti-Fornero reform (years)

18,708

3.00

1.77

0.00

0.00

 Seniority (weeks)

18,708

1389.99

424.95

1337.33

425.11

 Sick-leave weeks in the whole career

18,708

2.00

7.48

1.89

7.26

 Sick-leave and unemployment weeks in the whole career

18,708

16.14

36.52

16.03

36.45

 Age

18,708

55.74

2.15

54.74

2.15

 Weekly wage (euro)

18,708

481.02

243.65

473.59

238.63

 Grandmothers

18,708

0.41

0.49

0.41

0.49

 With a sick spell in t-1

18,708

0.03

0.16

0.03

0.16

 North

18,708

0.50

0.50

0.50

0.50

 Centre

18,708

0.37

0.48

0.37

0.48

 South

18,708

0.13

0.34

0.13

0.34

Control group

 Weeks of sick leave

6550

0.11

0.98

0.11

0.92

 Seniority (weeks)

6550

1418.41

679.83

1365.60

679.59

 Sick-leave weeks in the whole career

6550

1.43

5.57

1.33

5.38

 Sick-leave and unemployment weeks in the whole career

6550

11.95

34.88

11.85

34.84

 Age

6550

57.01

3.23

56.01

3.23

 Weekly wage (euro)

6550

477.92

261.54

463.30

227.80

 Grandmothers

6550

0.43

0.50

0.43

0.50

 With a sick spell in t-1

6550

0.02

0.15

0.02

0.15

 North

6550

0.54

0.50

0.54

0.50

 Centre

6550

0.35

0.48

0.35

0.48

South

6550

0.11

0.31

0.11

0.31

  1. Source: Our elaborations