From: Misperceptions of unemployment and individual labor market outcomes
Variable | Mean or share | St. dev. |
---|---|---|
(Log) earnings, lower bound of decile (Euro) | 7.353 | 0.659 |
(Log) earnings, upper bound of decile (Euro) | 7.456 | 0.648 |
Misperception unemployment, p.p. (abs value) | 12.81 | 13.03 |
If misperception positive | 16.03 | 13.08 |
If misperception negative | 3.084 | 2.007 |
Share of workers | ||
With misperception positive | 0.781 | |
With misperception negative | 0.087 | |
(Log) regional unemployment rate | 1.803 | 0.378 |
Female | 0.405 | |
Age | 40.12 | 11.14 |
Education (less than upper secondary omitted) | ||
Upper secondary | 0.425 | |
Tertiary | 0.400 | |
Ability1 | 0.956 | |
Ability2 | 0.774 | |
Firm size (1–99 omitted) | ||
100–500 | 0.230 | |
500+ | 0.184 | |
Industry (other services omitted) | ||
Primary sector | 0.013 | |
Manufacturing | 0.203 | |
Construction | 0.073 | |
Finance | 0.045 | |
Occupation (unskilled omitted) | ||
Clerks, serv., sales | 0.240 | |
Skilled, machine opers | 0.204 | |
Managers, profls., technicians | 0.459 | |
Part-timer | 0.102 | |
Supervisor | 0.365 | |
Open end contract | 0.828 | |
Trade union member | 0.264 | |
Children below 16 (yes/no) | 0.257 | |
Partner (yes/no) | 0.167 | |
Number obs. a | 2310 |