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Table 2 Mean wage differentials between workers with FTCs and permanent contracts (OLS regressions)

From: Fixed-term contracts and wages revisited using linked employer-employee dataBefristete Arbeitsverträge und Entlohnung neu untersucht mit verbundenen Arbeitgeber-Arbeitnehmer-Daten

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

FTC

−0.4061

−0.1932

−0.1575

−0.1529

−0.1269

(0.00749)

(0.00543)

(0.00494)

(0.00471)

(0.00320)

AGE

 

0.0395

0.0383

0.0371

0.0339

 

(0.00074)

(0.00067)

(0.00065)

(0.00052)

AGE 2

 

−0.0449

−0.0425

−0.0402

−0.0353

 

(0.00086)

(0.00077)

(0.00073)

(0.00059)

TENURE

 

0.0178

0.0166

0.0127

0.0111

 

(0.00062)

(0.00052)

(0.00043)

(0.00025)

TENURE 2

 

−0.0216

−0.0244

−0.0192

−0.0172

 

(0.00153)

(0.00129)

(0.00111)

(0.00063)

HOURS

 

0.0055

0.0036

0.0028

−0.0010

 

(0.00039)

(0.00033)

(0.00031)

(0.00031)

HOURS 2

 

−0.0022

−0.0016

−0.0013

0.0005

 

(0.00015)

(0.00012)

(0.00012)

(0.00012)

SCHOOLING1

 

−0.1286

−0.0458

−0.0570

−0.0578

 

(0.00905)

(0.00671)

(0.00602)

(0.00422)

SCHOOLING2

 

0.0859

0.0467

0.0290

0.0350

 

(0.00825)

(0.00617)

(0.00564)

(0.00392)

SCHOOLING3

 

0.0816

−0.0157

−0.0567

−0.0945

 

(0.01408)

(0.01275)

(0.01236)

(0.00987)

SCHOOLING4

 

0.3289

0.1675

0.1337

0.1068

 

(0.00889)

(0.00702)

(0.00678)

(0.00479)

SCHOOLING5

 

0.4902

0.2732

0.2299

0.1958

 

(0.00914)

(0.00747)

(0.00698)

(0.00488)

SCHOOLING6

 

0.6478

0.4116

0.3656

0.3173

 

(0.00973)

(0.00885)

(0.00844)

(0.00710)

FEMALE

 

−0.1907

−0.2100

−0.2021

−0.1651

 

(0.00354)

(0.00282)

(0.00272)

(0.00186)

EAST

 

−0.2961

−0.2653

−0.2588

 
 

(0.00787)

(0.00676)

(0.00602)

 

FIRMSIZE1

   

0.0527

 
   

(0.00425)

 

FIRMSIZE2

   

0.0985

 
   

(0.00772)

 

FIRMSIZE3

   

0.1599

 
   

(0.00879)

 

FIRMSIZE4

   

0.1898

 
   

(0.02036)

 

OCCUPATION (56)

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

INDUSTRY (28)

No

No

No

Yes

No

FIRM FIXED EFFECT (9915)

No

No

No

No

Yes

CONSTANT

2.7984

1.5180

1.5233

1.6950

1.8636

(0.00474)

(0.02891)

(0.03561)

(0.04687)

(0.02458)

R 2

0.0840

0.4520

0.5499

0.5791

0.7095

Number of workers

828963

828963

828963

828963

828963

  1. Notes: Ordinary least squares regressions for log hourly wages. Robust standard errors clustered at the firm-level in parentheses. Coefficients are significant at p<0.05, p<0.01, and p<0.001
  2. Source: German Structure of Earnings Survey 2006