Table 10 Selected variables before and after matching in 1986 for 21–24 year-old workers (standard errors in parentheses)

Artisan

0.486674

0.309595

0.319580

0.322266

(0.499824)

(0.462555)

(0.466542)

(0.467572)

Size

9.402192

40.77052

20.31966

21.61426

(28.54818)

(191.3818)

(36.94924)

(43.51913)

Firm's age

7.939438

3.240337

7.356364

7.347656

(7.523244)

(3.298095)

(3.291211)

(3.294926)

Number of males

5.768556

20.05857

13.57259

13.89453

(26.83482)

(136.6268)

(29.23727)

(30.03775)

Number of blue collar workers

7.505811

22.18906

16.27197

16.85449

(28.44313)

(121.1931)

(30.34577)

(35.37205)

Number of apprentices

0.934651

1.750039

1.355062

1.34082

(1.529179)

(3.037047)

(2.407525)

(2.261941)

Number of workers under 20 years old

1.437891

2.481867

2.376709

2.453125

(3.192878)

(5.535429)

(3.554734)

(3.455307)

Number of workers between 21 and 24 years old

1.649114

3.303712

3.458745

3.662109

(6.086053)

(10.47834)

(5.189902)

(4.863844)

Number of workers between 25 and 29 years old

1.621119

4.527697

3.666585

3.891602

(6.869436)

(30.31506)

(6.653488)

(7.507505)

Number of workers between 30 and 32 years old

0.768825

3.284795

1.730469

1.900391

(3.503462)

(18.13499)

(3.90936)

(4.673697)

Number of workers between 33 and 35 years old

0.645664

3.616331

1.47583

1.523438

(3.163205)

(19.0575)

(3.606509)

(4.436523)

Lag eligible stock variation

−0.01924

1.049493

0.065104

0.081055

(1.355094)

(2.652389)

(2,005692)

(1.330987)