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Table 7 Relative wage differentials between workers with FTCs and permanent contracts (OLS regressions, complete sample) with different transformation approaches

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)

Estimated differential logWAGES(β)

−0.4061

−0.1932

−0.1575

−0.1529

−0.1269

Transformation not adjusted for heteroskedasticity: 100(exp(β)Q−1)

−33.38 %

−17.57 %

−14.57 %

−14.18 %

−11.92 %

Transformation adjusted for heteroskedasticity: (exp(β)Q N −1)

−32.10 %

−15.25 %

−11.70 %

−11.26 %

−9.39 %

Transformation adjusted for heteroskedasticity: (exp(β)Q T −1)

−32.23 %

−15.41 %

−11.87 %

−11.43 %

−9.50 %

\(Q_{N} = \exp(0.5(\hat{\sigma} _{\mathit{FTC} = 1} - \hat{\sigma} _{\mathit{FTC} = 0}))\)

1.0191

1.0282

1.0337

1.0340

1.0287

\(Q_{T} = (1 + 0.5\hat{\sigma} _{\mathit{FTC} = 1})/(1 + 0.5\hat{\sigma} _{\mathit{FTC} = 0})\)

1.0172

1.0262

1.0317

1.0321

1.0275

  1. Notes: Based on results of ordinary least squares regressions for log hourly wages (Table 2)
  2. Source: German Structure of Earnings Survey 2006