Table 2 Descriptive statistics for different WOTC eligible groups
From: What factors contributed to changes in employment during and after the Great Recession?
|  | Full sample | Veterans | Disabled veterans | Disabled Veterans Before WOTC Eligibility (Pre-2008) | Disabled veterans during WOTC eligibility (Post-2008) | Unemployed veterans | Unemployed Veterans Before WOTC eligibility (Pre- 2010) | Unemployed veterans during WOTC eligibility (Post-2010) | Youths (16–24 year olds) | Disconnected youth | Disconnected youth before WOTC eligibility (Pre- 2010) | Disconnected youth after WOTC eligibility (Post- 2010) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Employed | 0.729 (0.444) | 0.730 (0.444) | 0.549 (0.498) | 0.561 (0.496) | 0.545 (0.498) | 0.627 (0.484) | 0.643 (0.479) | 0.604 (0.489) | 0.485 (0.500) | 0.340 (0.474) | 0.350 (0.477) | 0.326 (0.469) |
Weeks looking for work | 1.405 (6.162) | 1.364 (6.070) | 1.244 (5.803) | 1.057 (5.203) | 1.310 (6.012) | 20.90 (12.66) | 19.68 (12.27) | 22.72 (13.02) | 1.597 (6.550) | 4.706 (12.05) | 4.151 (11.32) | 5.557 (13.06) |
Male | 0.480 (0.500) | 0.903 (0.296) | 0.896 (0.306) | 0.905 (0.293) | 0.891 (0.312) | 0.894 (0.308) | 0.896 (0.306) | 0.892 (0.311) | 0.508 (0.500) | 0.472 (0.499) | 0.452 (0.498) | 0.502 (0.500) |
Less than H.S. | 0.117 (0.321) | 0.0373 (0.189) | 0.0326 (0.178) | 0.0427 (0.202) | 0.0276 (0.164) | 0.0390 (0.194) | 0.0435 (0.204) | 0.0322 (0.176) | 0.431 (0.495) | 0.308 (0.462) | 0.341 (0.474) | 0.259 (0.438) |
H.S. diploma | 0.299 (0.458) | 0.329 (0.470) | 0.264 (0.441) | 0.268 (0.443) | 0.260 (0.439) | 0.370 (0.483) | 0.374 (0.484) | 0.364 (0.481) | 0.210 (0.407) | 0.432 (0.495) | 0.426 (0.495) | 0.442 (0.497) |
Some college | 0.294 (0.456) | 0.380 (0.485) | 0.444 (0.497) | 0.448 (0.497) | 0.442 (0.497) | 0.418 (0.493) | 0.415 (0.493) | 0.423 (0.494) | 0.299 (0.458) | 0.180 (0.384) | 0.162 (0.369) | 0.206 (0.404) |
Bachelor’s and higher | 0.290 (0.454) | 0.253 (0.435) | 0.260 (0.439) | 0.241 (0.428) | 0.271 (0.444) | 0.173 (0.378) | 0.167 (0.373) | 0.181 (0.385) | 0.0600 (0.237) | 0.0799 (0.271) | 0.0709 (0.257) | 0.0937 (0.291) |
White | 0.795 (0.404) | 0.809 (0.393) | 0.793 (0.405) | 0.808 (0.394) | 0.787 (0.409) | 0.793 (0.405) | 0.801 (0.399) | 0.782 (0.413) | 0.796 (0.403) | 0.753 (0.432) | 0.756 (0.430) | 0.747 (0.435) |
Black | 0.115 (0.319) | 0.128 (0.334) | 0.140 (0.347) | 0.127 (0.333) | 0.144 (0.351) | 0.136 (0.342) | 0.132 (0.338) | 0.142 (0.349) | 0.108 (0.310) | 0.143 (0.350) | 0.145 (0.352) | 0.141 (0.348) |
No. Observations | 141,3820 | 100,591 | 8,223 | 3,140 | 5,733 | 6,517 | 3,906 | 2,611 | 260,842 | 32,656 | 19,766 | 12,890 |