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Table 3 Duration model estimates: transition to employment

From: Effectiveness of a job vacancy referral scheme

Variables

No heterogeneity

Unobserved heterogeneity: base model

Unobserved heterogeneity: model with interactions

 

b

eb−1

s.e.

p val.

b

eb−1

s.e.

p val.

b

eb−1

s.e.

p val.

Constant

− 1.28

− 0.72

0.06

0.000

0.25

0.29

0.32

0.433

0.23

0.26

0.59

0.697

Gender (reference man)

− 0.09

− 0.09

0.02

0.000

− 0.54

− 0.41

0.11

0.000

− 0.45

− 0.36

0.17

0.009

Age

− 0.02

− 0.02

0.00

0.000

− 0.13

− 0.12

0.01

0.000

− 0.12

− 0.11

0.01

0.000

Age squared/100

− 0.05

− 0.05

0.01

0.000

− 0.24

− 0.21

0.06

0.000

− 0.22

− 0.20

0.07

0.001

# months unempl. in the preceding 2 years

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.235

− 0.01

− 0.01

0.01

0.149

− 0.01

− 0.01

0.01

0.429

Educational level

 No secondary

− 0.25

− 0.22

0.05

0.000

− 1.09

− 0.66

0.24

0.000

− 1.24

− 0.71

0.31

0.000

 Secondary

− 0.19

− 0.17

0.06

0.001

− 0.89

− 0.59

0.28

0.001

− 0.97

− 0.62

0.31

0.002

 Tertiary education (outside university)

− 0.06

− 0.06

0.05

0.180

− 0.32

− 0.27

0.23

0.162

− 0.41

− 0.34

0.24

0.083

 Tertiary (university) (reference)

            

Educational track (if secondary level)

 General track

− 0.08

− 0.07

0.05

0.130

− 0.50

− 0.39

0.26

0.052

− 0.45

− 0.36

0.33

0.172

 Technical track

0.02

0.02

0.04

0.648

0.16

0.18

0.19

0.381

0.06

0.06

0.24

0.802

 Vocational track

0.05

0.05

0.04

0.195

− 0.09

− 0.09

0.18

0.629

− 0.04

− 0.04

0.23

0.853

Province of residence

 Antwerp (reference)

            

 Vlaams Brabant

− 0.21

− 0.19

0.04

0.000

− 1.47

− 0.77

0.22

0.000

− 1.30

− 0.73

0.25

0.000

 West Vlaanderen

− 0.03

− 0.03

0.04

0.413

− 0.31

− 0.27

0.14

0.031

− 0.23

− 0.21

0.17

0.162

 Oost Vlaanderen

− 0.06

− 0.06

0.03

0.037

− 0.36

− 0.30

0.15

0.014

− 0.26

− 0.23

0.15

0.090

 Limburg

0.02

0.02

0.03

0.466

0.15

0.16

0.17

0.386

0.13

0.14

0.18

0.471

Driving license

0.22

0.24

0.03

0.000

1.50

3.50

0.19

0.000

1.29

2.64

0.25

0.000

Mother tongue = Dutch

0.25

0.29

0.03

0.000

1.22

2.39

0.14

0.000

1.27

2.56

0.18

0.000

Belgian

0.07

0.07

0.04

0.098

0.43

0.54

0.19

0.026

0.48

0.61

0.42

0.253

Regional unemployment rate (time varying)

− 0.08

− 0.08

0.01

0.000

− 0.50

− 0.39

0.03

0.000

− 0.51

− 0.40

0.03

0.000

Baseline hazard

 Months 28–45

− 2.70

− 0.93

0.16

0.000

2.29

8.85

0.29

0.000

1.96

6.09

0.31

0.000

 Months 17–28

− 2.31

− 0.90

0.09

0.000

2.02

6.56

0.22

0.000

1.86

5.45

0.23

0.000

 Months 13–16

− 1.63

− 0.80

0.07

0.000

2.02

6.56

0.19

0.000

1.90

5.71

0.19

0.000

 Months 11–12

− 1.29

− 0.73

0.07

0.000

2.04

6.70

0.17

0.000

1.95

6.03

0.17

0.000

 Months 9–10

− 1.17

− 0.69

0.06

0.000

1.86

5.41

0.14

0.000

1.78

4.93

0.15

0.000

 8th month

− 1.02

− 0.64

0.06

0.000

1.75

4.78

0.13

0.000

1.68

4.39

0.13

0.000

 7th month

− 0.99

− 0.63

0.06

0.000

1.56

3.77

0.12

0.000

1.50

3.50

0.12

0.000

 6th month

− 0.92

− 0.60

0.05

0.000

1.36

2.88

0.10

0.000

1.31

2.70

0.10

0.000

 5th month

− 0.84

− 0.57

0.04

0.000

1.14

2.11

0.08

0.000

1.10

2.00

0.09

0.000

 4th month

− 0.60

− 0.45

0.04

0.000

0.99

1.69

0.07

0.000

0.96

1.62

0.07

0.000

 3rd month

− 0.32

− 0.27

0.03

0.000

0.69

0.99

0.05

0.000

0.67

0.95

0.05

0.000

 2nd month (reference)

            

Effect of referral

 Month of referral and next month

0.55

0.74

0.05

0.000

1.12

2.07

0.11

0.000

1.14

2.11

0.21

0.000

 Afterwards

0.30

0.35

0.07

0.000

1.12

2.08

0.16

0.000

1.12

2.05

0.25

0.000

Effect of invitation

 Month of invitation and next month

0.31

0.37

0.05

0.000

0.80

1.23

0.12

0.000

0.80

1.23

0.20

0.000

 Afterwards

0.13

0.14

0.07

0.050

0.82

1.28

0.17

0.000

0.77

1.17

0.25

0.000

Effect of automatic referral

 Month of automatic referral and next month

0.06

0.06

0.09

0.521

0.41

0.51

0.15

0.006

0.42

0.53

0.22

0.059

 Afterwards

0.24

0.28

0.09

0.007

0.70

1.01

0.19

0.000

0.71

1.03

0.26

0.007

Interaction with

 Unemployment duration when treated

        

− 0.01

− 0.01

0.03

0.806

 Unemployment duration squared/100

        

0.14

0.15

0.10

0.156

 Tertiary educational level

        

− 0.11

− 0.10

0.13

0.386

 Age

        

0.00

0.00

0.01

0.915

 Age squared/100

        

− 0.02

− 0.02

0.07

0.719

 Gender (reference = man)

        

− 0.03

− 0.03

0.11

0.765

 Unemployment rate in month of treatment

        

0.12

0.13

0.04

0.001

Unobserved heterogeneity

 Treatment 2

    

0.46

0.59

0.30

0.127

0.52

0.69

0.33

0.109

 Employment 2

    

2.71

14.05

0.16

0.000

2.57

12.11

0.19

0.000

 Masspoint 2

    

0.48

0.62

0.10

0.000

0.49

0.64

0.13

0.000

 Treatment 3

    

0.33

0.39

0.24

0.161

0.31

0.36

0.29

0.290

 Employment 3

    

− 8.14

− 1.00

0.36

0.000

− 7.84

− 1.00

0.38

0.000

 Masspoint 3

    

− 1.66

− 0.81

0.18

0.000

− 1.61

− 0.80

0.22

0.000

 Treatment 4

    

0.20

0.22

0.17

0.261

0.24

0.28

0.20

0.221

 Employment 4

    

− 2.13

− 0.88

0.13

0.000

− 2.00

− 0.87

0.18

0.000

 Masspoint 4

    

− 0.44

− 0.36

0.09

0.000

− 0.39

− 0.32

0.12

0.001

 Treatment 5

    

0.01

0.01

0.15

0.954

0.06

0.06

0.18

0.750

 Employment 5

    

− 4.05

− 0.98

0.20

0.000

− 3.89

− 0.98

0.23

0.000

 Masspoint 5

    

− 0.55

− 0.42

0.10

0.000

− 0.44

− 0.36

0.15

0.003

 Treatment 6

    

0.22

0.24

0.17

0.213

0.25

0.28

0.21

0.236

 Employment 6

    

− 6.10

− 1.00

0.29

0.000

− 5.92

− 1.00

0.32

0.000

 Masspoint 6

    

− 1.06

− 0.65

0.12

0.000

− 0.96

− 0.62

0.15

0.000

 Probability 1

    

0.23

   

0.22

   

 Probability 2

    

0.37

   

0.36

   

 Probability 3

    

0.04

   

0.04

   

 Probability 4

    

0.15

   

0.15

   

 Probability 5

    

0.13

   

0.14

   

 Probability 6

    

0.08

   

0.08

   
  1. The variables age and the regional unemployment rate are centered around their mean