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Table 2 Descriptive statistics on workers (at the contract level)

From: Wage rigidities and business cycle fluctuations: a linked employer-employee analysis

Year

Daily wage

Age

% Females

% Full time workers

% Temporary workers

% Blue collars

% White collars

% Middle managersa% Middle managersa

% Industry

N employees

N firmsbN firmsb

mean

s.d.

mean

s.d.

1990

47.28

43.96

35.96

10.99

0.29

0.96

 

0.65

0.31

0.63

682,208

307,372

1991

51.67

48.81

36.01

10.97

0.29

0.95

 

0.64

0.32

0.62

691,339

309,709

1992

55.59

99.31

36.19

10.92

0.29

0.95

 

0.64

0.32

0.62

690,862

310,198

1993

57.15

81.28

36.47

10.80

0.30

0.94

 

0.63

0.33

0.61

663,803

296,824

1994

60.43

151.11

36.44

10.70

0.31

0.93

 

0.63

0.33

0.60

655,417

293,078

1995

62.02

883.64

36.25

10.57

0.31

0.92

 

0.64

0.32

0.59

660,807

297,728

1996

61.11

53.90

36.29

10.52

0.32

0.91

 

0.64

0.31

0.02

0.58

672,283

302,918

1997

63.20

66.52

36.29

10.42

0.32

0.91

 

0.63

0.31

0.02

0.57

671,493

301,551

1998

65.46

263.59

36.31

10.42

0.32

0.90

0.12

0.62

0.31

0.02

0.57

683,133

305,565

1999

66.41

220.65

36.31

10.37

0.33

0.89

0.13

0.62

0.30

0.02

0.55

709,333

319,970

2000

66.96

182.25

36.34

10.34

0.33

0.89

0.14

0.62

0.30

0.02

0.53

755,548

340,240

2001

68.12

189.41

36.44

10.30

0.33

0.88

0.15

0.62

0.30

0.02

0.52

783,311

353,834

2002

69.07

142.84

36.49

10.27

0.33

0.87

0.15

0.63

0.29

0.02

0.51

819,908

375,084

2003

69.25

77.77

36.75

10.27

0.33

0.86

0.16

0.62

0.29

0.02

0.50

828,038

381,404

2004

71.30

112.71

36.99

10.24

0.34

0.85

0.17

0.62

0.29

0.02

0.50

836,470

388,024

2005

73.42

120.58

37.32

10.26

0.34

0.84

0.18

0.61

0.29

0.03

0.49

833,896

392,789

2006

74.90

93.32

37.61

10.29

0.34

0.83

0.20

0.61

0.29

0.03

0.47

847,912

399,949

2007

75.78

85.62

37.70

10.37

0.35

0.81

0.22

0.62

0.28

0.03

0.47

893,329

428,528

2008

79.31

93.75

38.04

10.44

0.35

0.80

0.22

0.61

0.29

0.03

0.45

920,759

435,389

2009

80.04

109.36

38.56

10.49

0.36

0.79

0.21

0.61

0.30

0.03

0.44

897,586

424,574

2010

81.84

209.37

38.82

10.55

0.36

0.78

0.23

0.61

0.30

0.03

0.43

892,964

423,298

2011

82.47

98.12

39.07

10.60

0.36

0.78

0.24

0.61

0.29

0.03

0.42

897,356

424,831

2012

83.09

96.54

39.44

10.67

0.37

0.76

0.24

0.62

0.30

0.03

0.41

887,777

420,333

2013

84.52

107.75

39.95

10.67

0.37

0.74

0.23

0.61

0.30

0.03

0.40

858,498

396,926

  1. Source: own calculations on INPS data, data are summarized at the contract level and refer to all employees born on the first and ninth day of each month
  2. aData on middle managers and white collars are reported together before 1997
  3. bNumber of firms where at least one worker in the sample transited in the considered year