Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 3 Normalized differences in covariates: treated versus control and matched controls

From: Labor supply effects of a subsidized old-age part-time scheme in AustriaArbeitsangebotseffekte einer subventionierten Altersteilzeitregelung in Österreich

	Females		Males
	Controls	Matched controls	Controls	Matched controls
Employment Year 1	0.131	−0.028	0.146	−0.024
Employment Year 2	0.182	−0.027	0.177	−0.020
Employment Year 3	0.214	−0.018	0.183	−0.015
Tenure	0.219	0.037	0.129	0.007
Birth year 1947 or 1944	0.209	0.000	0.085	0.001
Unemployment (1–3 years)	−0.136	0.029	−0.146	0.023
Sickness leave (1–3 years)	−0.041	0.056	−0.088	0.046
Accident benefit	−0.020	0.002	−0.047	0.001
Firm Employment Dynamics	−0.038	−0.005	−0.029	−0.001
White-Collar-Worker	0.261	0.016	0.178	0.014
Federal States (Vienna)
Burgenland	−0.010	0.000	−0.072	0.000
Carinthia	0.046	0.002	−0.002	0.000
Lower Austria	−0.030	0.000	−0.061	0.001
Upper Austria	0.107	0.006	0.083	0.007
Salzburg	0.118	0.006	0.131	0.003
Styria	−0.032	0.002	−0.038	0.002
Tyrol	−0.012	0.003	−0.003	0.003
Vorarlberg	−0.113	0.001	−0.103	0.001
Unknown	−0.076	0.001	−0.034	0.003
Industry (Other Services)
Unknown	0.044	0.003	0.009	0.000
Agriculture	−0.028	0.000	0.005	0.000
Energy/Mining	0.026	0.000	0.030	0.000
Manufacturing	0.169	0.003	0.205	−0.008
Construction	0.084	0.002	−0.127	−0.001
Trade	−0.002	0.001	0.045	0.005
Hotels and Restaurants	−0.089	0.002	−0.072	0.000
Transport	0.003	0.003	−0.145	0.001
Financial Intermediation	0.096	0.000	0.057	−0.001
Business Activities	−0.057	0.003	−0.010	0.001
Public Administration	−0.126	−0.007	−0.133	−0.002
Firm Size (250+)
0–10	−0.007	0.001	−0.111	0.010
11–50	−0.051	0.006	−0.084	0.004
51–250	−0.017	0.004	0.038	0.006
Real Income	0.571	0.148	0.309	−0.003

Note: The normalized difference is calculated as \(\frac{\bar{X}_{1} -\bar{X}_{0}}{\sqrt{S_{0}^{2} + S_{1}^{2}}}\), where S ² is the sample variance of X _i in the relevant subsample. The first column shows the difference between treated and control groups, the second column the difference between treated and matched control group

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