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Table 5 Mean wage differentials between workers with FTCs and permanent contracts (OLS regressions) for subsamples

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

 

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Subsample “large firms”

FTC

−0.2239

−0.1421

−0.1262

−0.1148

−0.0942

(0.04025)

(0.03085)

(0.02548)

(0.02300)

(0.02024)

Worker characteristics

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Firm characteristics

No

No

No

Yes

No

OCCUPATION (55)

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

INDUSTRY (20)

No

No

No

Yes

No

FIRM FIXED EFFECT (100)

No

No

No

No

Yes

 Number of workers

41290

41290

41290

41290

41290

Subsample “tenure max. 2 years”

FTC

−0.3227

−0.2155

−0.1688

−0.1644

−0.1667

(0.00940)

(0.00715)

(0.00622)

(0.00556)

(0.00419)

Worker characteristics

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Firm characteristics

No

No

No

Yes

No

OCCUPATION (55)

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

INDUSTRY (27)

No

No

No

Yes

No

FIRM FIXED EFFECT (9752)

No

No

No

No

Yes

 Number of workers

163935

163935

163935

163935

163935

Subsample “tenure max. 6 years”

FTC

−0.3157

−0.1714

−0.1376

−0.1368

−0.1206

(0.00765)

(0.00597)

(0.00524)

(0.00484)

(0.00313)

Worker characteristics

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Firm characteristics

No

No

No

Yes

No

OCCUPATION (55)

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

INDUSTRY (27)

No

No

No

Yes

No

FIRM FIXED EFFECT (9912)

No

No

No

No

Yes

 Number of workers

363750

363750

363750

363750

363750

  1. Notes: Ordinary least squares regressions for log hourly wages, specifications as in Table 2. 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