Table 2 Summary statistics from the year 2012, before the reform
Variable | Control municipalities | Treatment municipalities | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Mean | Min | Max | N | Mean | Min | Max | |
Inhabitants | 250 | 19,267 | 101 | 603,968 | 61 | 10,001 | 1,450 | 37,936 |
Average age of inhabitants | 250 | 44.6 | 32.7 | 54.6 | 61 | 44.7 | 30.4 | 51.8 |
Inhabitants with tertiary education, % | 250 | 21.2 | 10 | 57 | 61 | 20.9 | 13 | 38 |
Inhabitants aged 15–64 | 250 | 12,555 | 62 | 426,402 | 61 | 6,204 | 852 | 24,901 |
Inhabitants in workforce | 250 | 9,245 | 57 | 315,455 | 61 | 4,636 | 594 | 19,113 |
Unemployed inhabitants | 243 | 944 | 9 | 24,726 | 61 | 389 | 54 | 1,206 |
Unemployment rate, % | 243 | 9.7 | 2.0 | 20.7 | 61 | 10.0 | 4.3 | 17.4 |
Unemployment duration, weeks | 243 | 39.4 | 15.4 | 69.3 | 61 | 36.9 | 20.3 | 62.2 |