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Table 2 Summary statistics

From: A new look at technical progress and early retirement

Variable

Mean

Std. Dev.

Min.

Max.

Retired (d)

0.120

0.325

0

1

TFP change

1.884

0.664

–0.468

4.086

Age

57.440

3.694

50

64

Years of education

12.923

3.201

0

17

Health level

2.464

1.049

1

5

Birth year

1941.4

6.051

1927

1960

Race: Black (d)

0.122

0.328

0

1

Race: Hispanic (d)

0.103

0.304

0

1

Foreign born (d)

0.109

0.312

0

1

Married (d)

0.828

0.377

0

1

Spouse working (d)

0.529

0.499

0

1

Private health insurance (d)

0.796

0.403

0

1

Government health insurance (d)

0.066

0.249

0

1

Net wealth (deflated, in $100,000s)

0.040

0.066

–0.045

2.548

Pension plan or pension income (d)

0.599

0.490

0

1

Sector experience

36.989

8.379

0

51

Training (d)

0.155

0.362

0

1

Residence: Midwest (d)

0.259

0.438

0

1

Residence: South (d)

0.402

0.490

0

1

Residence: West (d)

0.182

0.386

0

1

Occupation: Managers and professionals (d)

0.336

0.472

0

1

Occupation: Clerical and sales (d)

0.142

0.349

0

1

Occupation: Services (d)

0.066

0.249

0

1

Occupation: Farming, forestry, and fishing (d)

0.043

0.202

0

1

Occupation: Mechanics, constructors, operators (d)

0.395

0.489

0

1

Occupation: Armed forces (d)

0.019

0.136

0

1

Sector: Agriculture, forestry, fishing (d)

0.043

0.203

0

1

Sector: Mining and Construction (d)

0.109

0.312

0

1

Sector: Manufacturing Non-durable (d)

0.090

0.286

0

1

Sector: Manufacturing Durable (d)

0.168

0.374

0

1

Sector: Transportation (d)

0.105

0.307

0

1

Sector: Wholesale (d)

0.053

0.225

0

1

Sector: Retail (d)

0.081

0.272

0

1

Sector: Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (d)

0.049

0.215

0

1

Sector: Business and Repair Services (d)

0.055

0.228

0

1

Sector: Personal services (d)

0.017

0.129

0

1

Sector: Entertainment and recreation (d)

0.009

0.096

0

1

Sector: Professional and related services (d)

0.144

0.351

0

1

Sector: Public Administration (d)

0.077

0.267

0

1

TFP change (last 5 years)

0.134

0.125

–0.126

0.602

Mean TFP change

0.051

0.018

0.005

0.136

Mean aggregate TFP change

0.050

0.012

0.009

0.137

Mean sector-specific TFP change

0.001

0.013

–0.021

0.035

Value added per worker change

1.153

1.375

–0.48

6.591

  1. Notes: All variables have 21,856 non-missing observations, except for the mean TFP changes that have 21,853 observations. Mean TFP changes are winsorized at the 1-st and 99-th percentiles