Employment subsidies, informal economy and women’s transition into work in a depressed area: evidence from a matching approach

Table 7 Probit estimates: informal methods as main job search channel

Female subsample
Variables
	Full sample		Female subsample
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Age	0.004**	0.005**	0.005**	0.006**
	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.002)
Marital status single	−0.097*	−0.062	−0.106*	−0.090
	(0.052)	(0.055)	(0.058)	(0.062)
Presence of children	−0.065	−0.040	−0.081*	−0.068
	(0.043)	(0.049)	(0.047)	(0.052)
Home ownership	−0.044	−0.038	−0.066	−0.066
	(0.036)	(0.039)	(0.041)	(0.044)
Education dummies
Upper secondary school	−0.084**	−0.110***	−0.030	−0.044
	(0.036)	(0.039)	(0.042)	(0.045)
Tertiary education	−0.144***	−0.160***	−0.112***	−0.120***
	(0.034)	(0.034)	(0.043)	(0.043)
Professional qualification dummies
Technical skills	−0.031	0.006	0.021	0.047
	(0.061)	(0.075)	(0.085)	(0.097)
Administrative office skills	−0.063*	−0.053	−0.104***	−0.095**
	(0.038)	(0.042)	(0.040)	(0.042)
Retail and service	0.075	0.050	0.056	0.057
	(0.075)	(0.080)	(0.135)	(0.133)
Other unskilled	0.019	−0.002	0.031	0.011
	(0.044)	(0.047)	(0.052)	(0.054)
Previous contacts with the firm (yes)		0.171***		0.155***
		(0.047)		(0.054)
Received unemployment subsidy	0.038	0.043	0.052	0.044
	(0.034)	(0.037)	(0.040)	(0.043)
Received training	−0.061**	−0.030	−0.044	−0.023
	(0.031)	(0.034)	(0.035)	(0.039)
Sample size	690	578	505	431
Pseudo R-squared	0.107	0.129	0.112	0.132
Log-likelihood	−314.29	−259.51	−221.85	−183.24

Notes : The coefficients represent the marginal effects evaluated at the mean values of the explanatory variables in the sample. The standard errors are reported in parentheses. The dependent variable takes the value of one if the individual has used “personal contacts, friends and relatives” to find a job and zero when other methods are used. ***, **, *indicate that the coefficients are statistically significant, respectively, at 1, 5, and 10 percent levels.