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Table 3 Wage differentials between workers with FTCs and permanent contracts across the wage distribution without firm fixed effects (quantile regressions, specification (4))

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

 

5 %

10 %

25 %

50 %

75 %

90 %

95 %

FTC

−0.2752

−0.1898

−0.1315

−0.1122

−0.1082

−0.1066

−0.1091

(0.00210)

(0.00159)

(0.00126)

(0.00118)

(0.00142)

(0.00206)

(0.00288)

AGE

0.0404

0.0339

0.0313

0.0314

0.0322

0.0322

0.0325

(0.00049)

(0.00036)

(0.00027)

(0.00026)

(0.00031)

(0.00047)

(0.00066)

AGE 2

−0.0467

−0.0390

−0.0354

−0.0346

−0.0343

−0.0327

−0.0317

(0.00059)

(0.00043)

(0.00033)

(0.00031)

(0.00038)

(0.00057)

(0.00080)

TENURE

0.0176

0.0171

0.0158

0.0134

0.0111

0.0092

0.0081

(0.00024)

(0.00018)

(0.00014)

(0.00013)

(0.00016)

(0.00024)

(0.00033)

TENURE 2

−0.0280

−0.0275

−0.0253

−0.0205

−0.0165

−0.0135

−0.0122

(0.00069)

(0.00051)

(0.00040)

(0.00038)

(0.00047)

(0.00070)

(0.00097)

HOURS

0.0073

0.0064

0.0056

0.0045

0.0032

0.0008

−0.0029

(0.00010)

(0.00008)

(0.00006)

(0.00006)

(0.00008)

(0.00012)

(0.00017)

HOURS 2

−0.0029

−0.0026

−0.0023

−0.0018

−0.0014

−0.0006

0.0007

(0.00004)

(0.00003)

(0.00002)

(0.00002)

(0.00003)

(0.00004)

(0.00006)

SCHOOLING1

−0.0150

−0.0137

−0.0221

−0.0304

−0.0550

−0.0961

−0.1228

(0.00292)

(0.00216)

(0.00165)

(0.00153)

(0.00181)

(0.00261)

(0.00361)

SCHOOLING2

0.0915

0.0754

0.0563

0.0431

0.0162

−0.0208

−0.0431

(0.00224)

(0.00166)

(0.00128)

(0.00119)

(0.00143)

(0.00209)

(0.00292)

SCHOOLING3

−0.3598

−0.2606

−0.0716

0.0143

0.0534

0.0507

0.0308

(0.00523)

(0.00385)

(0.00298)

(0.00281)

(0.00340)

(0.00498)

(0.00697)

SCHOOLING4

0.1714

0.1530

0.1383

0.1346

0.1236

0.1059

0.0945

(0.00337)

(0.00249)

(0.00192)

(0.00180)

(0.00219)

(0.00323)

(0.00454)

SCHOOLING5

0.2930

0.2786

0.2567

0.2380

0.2132

0.1787

0.1548

(0.00388)

(0.00284)

(0.00217)

(0.00203)

(0.00250)

(0.00373)

(0.00528)

SCHOOLING6

0.3868

0.3815

0.3687

0.3585

0.3627

0.3888

0.4028

(0.00332)

(0.00244)

(0.00186)

(0.00175)

(0.00220)

(0.00335)

(0.00475)

FEMALE

−0.1762

−0.1728

−0.1703

−0.1805

−0.2076

−0.2429

−0.2575

(0.00172)

(0.00125)

(0.00093)

(0.00084)

(0.00101)

(0.00152)

(0.00217)

EAST

−0.2727

−0.2718

−0.2630

−0.2494

−0.2453

−0.2520

−0.2584

(0.00177)

(0.00131)

(0.00101)

(0.00095)

(0.00114)

(0.00166)

(0.00232)

FIRMSIZE1

0.0682

0.0647

0.0581

0.0503

0.0454

0.0433

0.0415

(0.00170)

(0.00126)

(0.00097)

(0.00091)

(0.00109)

(0.00158)

(0.00220)

FIRMSIZE2

0.1081

0.1075

0.1033

0.1009

0.0967

0.0888

0.0784

(0.00220)

(0.00163)

(0.00127)

(0.00119)

(0.00143)

(0.00209)

(0.00292)

FIRMSIZE3

0.1976

0.1870

0.1721

0.1576

0.1453

0.1300

0.1182

(0.00230)

(0.00170)

(0.00131)

(0.00122)

(0.00148)

(0.00215)

(0.00300)

FIRMSIZE4

0.2723

0.2461

0.2046

0.1730

0.1517

0.1358

0.1353

(0.00518)

(0.00380)

(0.00288)

(0.00265)

(0.00315)

(0.00457)

(0.00637)

OCCUPATION (56)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

INDUSTRY (28)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

FIRM FIXED EFFECT (9915)

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

CONSTANT

0.8428

1.1324

1.4296

1.6899

1.9557

2.3406

2.7015

(0.01849)

(0.01367)

(0.01060)

(0.00997)

(0.01212)

(0.01794)

(0.02535)

Number of workers

828963

828963

828963

828963

828963

828963

828963

Wages at quantiles

2.0161

2.1632

2.4410

2.7309

3.0314

3.3525

3.5416

  1. Notes: Quantile regressions for log hourly wages, specification (4). Standard errors in parentheses. Coefficients are significant at p<0.05, p<0.01, and p<0.001
  2. Source: German Structure of Earnings Survey 2006