Table 5 Post-lasso logit results for job tasks

Job activities

 Researching, developing

–

12.12***

 Teaching, training

3.105

–

 Acquiring customers, PR

–

− 2.443

 Analyzing, investigating

3.136

10.97***

 Buying, procurement, selling

− 11.76***

− 3.082**

 Organizing/planning for others

0.353

− 0.327

 Consulting, informing

–

− 2.483**

 Measuring, checking

–

2.820*

 Negotiating

2.889

2.831*

 Serving, caring

− 2.377

–

 Surveilling, monitoring

− 2.095

− 4.322**

 Repairing

− 1.929

–

 Producing

–

5.604***

Associated knowledge

 Management

19.39***

9.080**

 Computer engineering

–

− 10.54**

 Giving presentations

–

1.148

 Foreign language

–

− 8.301

 Legal/law

135.1***

− 31.12***

 System analysis

1.013

–

 Maths

–

− 4.941*

 Other technical knowledge

–

2.431

 Labor legislation

88.54

42.12**

 Design

− 44.82***

–

 Use of software

− 0.312

0.339

 Marketing, sales

–

–

 Finance, tax

41.853

− 5.075

 Native language (German)

–

–

 Labor prot., environm. reg.

2.760

–

 Other specialized knowledge

− 5.669**

− 10.04*

 Medical knowledge

–

− 20.64***

Nonpenalized in lasso

 # of establishments

0.516***

0.299***

 Employment growth

0.0795**

0.166***

 Share of women

1.163***

0.196

 (log) wage bill

− 0.0070

0.585***

 Mean wage growth

0.0353

0.071*

 (log) employees

Yes

Yes

 Region FE

Yes

Yes

 Industry FE

Yes

Yes

 Year FE

Yes

Yes

 Observations

57452

51022

 log \(\lambda\) of min. MPSE

2.72

2.13