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Table 6 Descriptive statistics

From: Are changes in the dispersion of hours worked a cause of increased earnings inequality?

 

US

UK

DE

FR

Year

H mean

H SD

Nobs

H mean

H SD

Nobs

H mean

H SD

Nobs

H mean

H SD

Nobs

1989

39.03

9.86

5337

         

1990

39.06

9.63

5838

      

37.65

8.12

33,982

1991

38.75

9.85

5837

38.35

13.72

3583

39.34

10.95

7032

37.70

8.26

33,152

1992

38.79

9.71

5776

38.16

13.65

3415

39.61

10.44

7189

37.56

8.33

35,726

1993

38.57

9.83

5769

38.36

13.94

3284

39.26

10.61

7368

37.41

8.58

40,796

1994

39.93

9.85

10,472

38.52

14.15

3348

39.10

10.39

7830

37.36

8.73

43,022

1995

40.18

9.71

10,380

38.81

13.86

3314

39.32

11.13

8436

37.28

8.81

42,934

1996

40.27

10.06

9036

38.77

13.48

3492

39.20

10.75

8558

37.18

8.82

43,130

1997

40.13

9.54

9257

39.08

13.25

4038

39.69

10.86

8653

36.97

8.80

42,004

1998

40.22

9.26

9434

38.85

13.34

4027

39.24

11.14

9032

36.86

8.89

42,006

1999

40.36

9.40

9649

38.80

13.09

5626

38.95

11.37

9458

36.77

8.71

41,262

2000

40.60

9.23

9632

39.20

12.84

5636

38.84

11.63

12,924

36.20

8.55

41,356

2001

40.50

9.30

9275

38.76

13.18

6640

38.64

11.71

12,578

35.85

8.30

40,981

2002

40.24

9.35

10,947

38.47

12.54

5839

38.27

11.79

13,108

35.42

8.25

41,088

2003

39.96

9.34

10,837

38.09

12.63

5670

38.10

11.90

12,684

36.44

9.05

8137

2004

40.04

9.38

10,518

38.26

12.48

5470

38.16

11.77

12,597

36.38

9.18

8453

2005

39.99

9.35

10,092

38.35

11.88

5327

38.10

12.02

12,429

36.53

9.22

8022

2006

40.22

9.33

9889

38.24

11.93

5221

38.42

11.82

12,717

36.63

9.19

8039

2007

40.35

9.12

9788

38.42

11.69

5038

38.58

12.44

12,611

36.63

9.22

8292

2008

39.95

9.04

9764

37.88

11.92

4818

38.44

11.94

12,114

36.73

9.20

8311

2009

39.59

9.63

9283

   

38.64

11.93

11,838

36.88

9.02

10,149

2010

39.43

9.66

9183

38.18

12.57

16,510

37.84

12.13

10,784

36.69

8.96

9529

2011

39.47

9.45

9133

37.39

12.41

17,685

38.52

12.05

11,255

36.85

9.19

11,435

2012

39.63

9.44

8997

37.59

12.27

15,886

38.23

11.86

10,893

37.01

9.23

11,670