Table 8 Correct birth month and observable characteristics (preferred restrictions)
Panel A: Correct birth month and birth month | |||||
West, Germans | West, Germans, 1st spell | West, Foreigners | West, Foreigners, 1st spell | East | |
1 | 68.63% | 67.79% | 60.27% | 60.00% | 76.19% |
2 | 68.65% | 69.26% | 51.79% | 51.35% | 63.89% |
3 | 69.35% | 69.73% | 70.77% | 69.23% | 64.52% |
4 | 68.96% | 67.32% | 66.20% | 59.57% | 68.97% |
5 | 70.23% | 69.02% | 54.29% | 53.06% | 66.67% |
6 | 67.29% | 67.50% | 60.98% | 61.54% | 75.00% |
7 | 70.52% | 70.78% | 52.73% | 51.61% | 76.09% |
8 | 70.10% | 69.91% | 62.67% | 67.24% | 67.74% |
9 | 70.85% | 70.18% | 61.33% | 60.34% | 74.19% |
10 | 69.43% | 68.30% | 65.22% | 68.75% | 69.44% |
11 | 69.26% | 69.46% | 62.12% | 64.29% | 84.00% |
12 | 67.79% | 67.78% | 68.12% | 69.77% | 57.14% |
N | 16,532 | 11,454 | 826 | 554 | 397 |
p-value | 0.692 | 0.821 | 0.496 | 0.650 | 0.655 |
Panel B: Other observable pre-birth characteristics | |||||
West, Germans | West, Germans, 1st spell | West, Foreigners | West, Foreigners, 1st spell | East | |
Medium-skilled | 0.041 | 0.029 | 0.107 | 0.101 | –0.038 |
(0.012) | (0.015) | (0.037) | (0.046) | (0.098) | |
High-skilled | 0.075 | 0.052 | 0.165 | 0.210 | –0.188 |
(0.021) | (0.025) | (0.096) | (0.098) | (0.140) | |
Log-wage | 0.024 | 0.048 | –0.028 | 0.004 | 0.015 |
(0.010) | (0.014) | (0.046) | (0.060) | (0.074) | |
Age | 0.052 | 0.055 | 0.032 | 0.076 | –0.029 |
(0.011) | (0.013) | (0.040) | (0.049) | (0.069) | |
Age2 | –0.001 | –0.001 | –0.001 | –0.001 | 0.000 |
0.000 | 0.000 | (0.001) | (0.001) | (0.001) | |
Full-time | 0.020 | 0.015 | 0.044 | 0.011 | –0.023 |
(0.011) | (0.016) | (0.051) | (0.070) | (0.074) | |
2nd spell | 0.007 | 0.025 | –0.139 | ||
(0.009) | (0.044) | (0.155) | |||
3rd spell | 0.005 | –0.116 | |||
(0.018) | (0.074) | ||||
4th spell | 0.054 | –0.182 | |||
(0.042) | (0.131) | ||||
N | 16,479 | 11,413 | 787 | 522 | 388 |