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Table 2 Cyclical and structural determinants of involuntary part-time work, regression results

From: Labor market regulation and the cyclicality of involuntary part-time work

Share IPT

(1)

(2)

(3)

Unemployment rate

0.273***

(0.0659)

0.251***

(0.0668)

0.253***

(0.0695)

Unemployment rate squared

\(-\) 0.592***

(0.201)

\(-\) 0.549***

(0.160)

\(-\) 0.550***

(0.167)

GDP Growth

    

0.0432**

(0.0200)

Women 17–26

  

0.0267

(0.122)

0.0228

(0.120)

Women 27–36

  

0.00334

(0.134)

0.0337

(0.139)

Women 37–56

  

\(-\) 0.0391

(0.131)

\(-\) 0.0329

(0.130)

Women 57–66

  

0.0250

(0.148)

0.0365

(0.151)

Women 67+

  

0.0787

(0.514)

0.123

(0.524)

Men 27–36

  

\(-\) 0.180

(0.118)

\(-\) 0.202*

(0.114)

Men 37–56

  

0.00757

(0.122)

0.0173

(0.122)

Men 57–66

  

\(-\) 0.0561

(0.149)

\(-\) 0.0444

(0.151)

Men 67+

  

\(-\) 0.283

(0.415)

\(-\) 0.214

(0.436)

Manufacturing

  

\(-\) 0.0136

(0.0547)

\(-\) 0.0101

(0.0541)

Electricity, gas and water

  

0.152*

(0.0840)

0.156*

(0.0875)

Construction

  

0.0405

(0.0474)

0.0458

(0.0509)

Wholesale and retail trade

  

0.136**

(0.0562)

0.142**

(0.0567)

Hotels and restaurants

  

\(-\) 0.0132

(0.105)

\(-\) 0.0187

(0.102)

Financial intermediation

  

\(-\) 0.0924

(0.0828)

\(-\) 0.100

(0.0810)

Business activities and real estate

  

0.0805

(0.0579)

0.0797

(0.0552)

Public administration and defence

  

\(-\) 0.0188

(0.0511)

\(-\) 0.0160

(0.0468)

Education

  

0.00455

(0.0787)

0.00397

(0.0759)

Health and social work

  

0.00573

(0.0602)

0.0174

(0.0581)

Other services

  

0.0571

(0.0613)

0.0557

(0.0592)

State fixed effects

Yes

Yes

Yes

Year fixed effects

Yes

Yes

Yes

AIC

0.2577781

0.2576841

0.2576776

\(R^{2}\) within

0.82

0.94

0.94

N = 256

      
  1. Dependent variable is the share of IPT at federal state level in the years 2002–2017. Marginal effects at the mean reported. Mean of state employment used for regression weights
  2. Men 17–26 is omitted demographic group, Transportation, Storage and Communication is omitted industry category. Standard errors in parentheses are clustered at federal states, *\(p<0.10\), **\(p<0.05\), ***\(p<0.01\)
  3. Source: European Labour Force Survey and Eurostat, own calculations