Unemployment and willingness to accept job offers: results of a factorial survey experiment

Abraham, Martin; Auspurg, Katrin; Bähr, Sebastian; Frodermann, Corinna; Gundert, Stefanie; Hinz, Thomas

doi:10.1007/s12651-013-0142-1

Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 2 Double hurdle models of willingness to accept job offers

From: Unemployment and willingness to accept job offers: results of a factorial survey experimentArbeitslosigkeit und Stellenannahmebereitschaft: Erste Ergebnisse eines Faktoriellen Survey Moduls

		Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
		Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 1	Tier 2
		b/se	b/se	b/se	b/se	b/se	b/se
Increase in net household income [percent]			0.033^∗∗∗		0.033^∗∗∗		0.033^∗∗∗
Increase in net household income [percent]			(0.002)		(0.002)		(0.002)
Weekly working hours
Ref.: 20 hours
	30 hours		−0.349^∗∗		−0.496^∗∗		−0.346^∗∗
	30 hours		(0.116)		(0.154)		(0.116)
	40 hours		−0.727^∗∗∗		−0.850^∗∗∗		−0.725^∗∗∗
	40 hours		(0.112)		(0.141)		(0.112)
Over-qualification for offered job
Ref.: None
	Slight		−0.137		−0.203		−0.138
	Slight		(0.090)		(0.122)		(0.090)
	Considerable		−0.284^∗∗		−0.265^∗		−0.286^∗∗
	Considerable		(0.093)		(0.128)		(0.093)
Prospects of internal promotion
Ref.: None
	Few		−0.022		−0.013		−0.022
	Few		(0.095)		(0.132)		(0.095)
	Many		0.459^∗∗∗		0.544^∗∗∗		0.456^∗∗∗
	Many		(0.093)		(0.128)		(0.093)
Contract duration
Ref.: Permanent
	Limited to 1 year	−0.264^∗∗∗	−1.226^∗∗∗	−0.327^∗∗∗	−1.526^∗∗∗	−0.264^∗∗∗	−1.227^∗∗∗
	Limited to 1 year	(0.024)	(0.099)	(0.032)	(0.138)	(0.024)	(0.099)
	Limited to 3 years	−0.138^∗∗∗	−0.796^∗∗∗	−0.163^∗∗∗	−0.926^∗∗∗	−0.138^∗∗∗	−0.796^∗∗∗
	Limited to 3 years	(0.023)	(0.091)	(0.031)	(0.123)	(0.023)	(0.091)
Distance from home (one-way commuting time)
Ref.: 1 hour
	4 hours	−0.591^∗∗∗	−2.573^∗∗∗	−0.591^∗∗∗	−2.574^∗∗∗	−0.592^∗∗∗	−2.515^∗∗∗
	4 hours	(0.025)	(0.105)	(0.025)	(0.105)	(0.032)	(0.141)
	6 hours	−0.801^∗∗∗	−2.583^∗∗∗	−0.801^∗∗∗	−2.587^∗∗∗	−0.798^∗∗∗	−2.549^∗∗∗
	6 hours	(0.026)	(0.109)	(0.026)	(0.109)	(0.034)	(0.149)
Local employment opportunities
Ref.: Worse compared with place of residence
	Similar		0.636^∗∗∗		0.635^∗∗∗		0.742^∗∗∗
	Similar		(0.095)		(0.095)		(0.129)
	Better		0.467^∗∗∗		0.466^∗∗∗		0.542^∗∗∗
	Better		(0.096)		(0.096)		(0.132)
Difficulty of finding adequate housing
Ref.: Very easy
	Some effort		−0.299^∗∗∗		−0.297^∗∗∗		−0.209
	Some effort		(0.090)		(0.090)		(0.122)
	Considerable effort		−0.638^∗∗∗		−0.636^∗∗∗		−0.658^∗∗∗
	Considerable effort		(0.094)		(0.094)		(0.127)
Currently unemployed		0.080^∗	0.381^∗	0.009	−0.091	0.083	0.629^∗∗
Currently unemployed		(0.040)	(0.150)	(0.048)	(0.272)	(0.050)	(0.220)
Interactions with unemployment status
	Weekly working hours—30 hours				0.328
	Weekly working hours—30 hours				(0.224)
	Weekly working hours—40 hours				0.283
	Weekly working hours—40 hours				(0.195)
	Level of over-qualification—Slight				0.145
	Level of over-qualification—Slight				(0.180)
	Level of over-qualification—Considerable				−0.043
	Level of over-qualification—Considerable				(0.186)
	Prospects of internal promotion—Few				−0.030
	Prospects of internal promotion—Few				(0.188)
	Prospects of internal promotion—Many				−0.190
	Prospects of internal promotion—Many				(0.186)
	Contract duration—1-year contract			0.152^∗∗	0.654^∗∗∗
	Contract duration—1-year contract			(0.047)	(0.196)
	Contract duration—3-year contract			0.060	0.307
	Contract duration—3-year contract			(0.046)	(0.183)
	Commuting distance (one-way)—4 hours					0.002	−0.131
	Commuting distance (one-way)—4 hours					(0.051)	(0.212)
	Commuting distance (one-way)—6 hours					−0.009	−0.079
	Commuting distance (one-way)—6 hours					(0.052)	(0.221)
	Local employment opportunities—Similar						−0.238
	Local employment opportunities—Similar						(0.192)
	Local employment opportunities—Better						−0.170
	Local employment opportunities—Better						(0.193)
	Adequate housing—Some effort						−0.200
	Adequate housing—Some effort						(0.180)
	Adequate housing—Considerable effort						0.049
	Adequate housing—Considerable effort						(0.189)
Intercept		1.326^∗∗∗	6.731^∗∗∗	1.353^∗∗∗	6.938^∗∗∗	1.324^∗∗∗	6.637^∗∗∗
		(0.164)	(0.653)	(0.164)	(0.661)	(0.164)	(0.656)
Observations		20,858		20,858		20,858
Persons		4,199		4,199		4,199
Log-Likelihood		−42,677		−42,663		−42,675
AIC		85,523		85,515		85,535
BIC		86,191		86,262		86,266

Cluster-robust standard errors in parentheses, ^* p<0.05, ^** p<0.01, ^*** p<0.001.
Control variables not shown here: age, gender, partner, marital status, number of children, household size, education, net household income, attachment to place of residence, property ownership, community size, and regional state dummies

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