The impact of lower caseloads in public employment services on the unemployed

Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 2 Selected summary statistics by treatment status

	Controls	Treated	Difference
New entrant	0.492	0.497	− 0.004
Existing client	0.508	0.503	0.004
Women	0.422	0.420	0.001
Age (years)	38.560	38.890	− 0.330
Disabled	0.017	0.014	0.003
Health problems	0.121	0.130	− 0.008
Formal education
Compulsory	0.460	0.477	− 0.017*
Apprenticeship	0.196	0.192	0.004
Vocational school	0.042	0.039	0.003
High school	0.159	0.160	− 0.001
College or university	0.143	0.132	0.010
Austrian	0.649	0.645	0.004
Elapsed unemployment duration (days)	361.300	339.400	21.856*
Unemployment last 5 years (days)	953.400	938.900	14.450
Observations	9027	3397