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 3 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 4		Model 5		Model 6
		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)			0.027^∗∗∗		0.027^∗∗∗		0.027^∗∗∗
Increase in net household income (percent)			(0.003)		(0.003)		(0.003)
Weekly working hours
Ref.: 20 hours
	30 hours		−0.066		−0.097		−0.060
	30 hours		(0.167)		(0.231)		(0.167)
	40 hours		−0.409^∗		−0.492^∗		−0.411^∗
	40 hours		(0.163)		(0.218)		(0.163)
Over-qualification for offered job
Ref.: None
	Slight		−0.077		−0.274		−0.082
	Slight		(0.130)		(0.188)		(0.129)
	Considerable		−0.296^∗		−0.361		−0.290^∗
	Considerable		(0.133)		(0.191)		(0.133)
Prospects of internal promotion
Ref.: None
	Few		−0.028		0.147		−0.029
	Few		(0.130)		(0.189)		(0.130)
	Many		0.313^∗		0.587^∗∗		0.318^∗
	Many		(0.133)		(0.186)		(0.133)
Contract duration
Ref.: Permanent
	Limited to 1 year	−0.166^∗∗∗	−0.841^∗∗∗	−0.134^∗∗	−0.488^∗	−0.166^∗∗∗	−0.838^∗∗∗
	Limited to 1 year	(0.036)	(0.136)	(0.050)	(0.190)	(0.036)	(0.136)
	Limited to 3 years	−0.100^∗∗	−0.581^∗∗∗	−0.024	−0.638^∗∗∗	−0.101^∗∗	−0.581^∗∗∗
	Limited to 3 years	(0.035)	(0.133)	(0.049)	(0.184)	(0.035)	(0.133)
Distance from home (one-way commuting time)
Ref.: 1 hour
	4 hours	−0.596^∗∗∗	−2.538^∗∗∗	−0.595^∗∗∗	−2.529^∗∗∗	−0.616^∗∗∗	−2.514^∗∗∗
	4 hours	(0.041)	(0.153)	(0.041)	(0.152)	(0.057)	(0.226)
	6 hours	−0.820^∗∗∗	−2.555^∗∗∗	−0.820^∗∗∗	−2.561^∗∗∗	−0.841^∗∗∗	−2.526^∗∗∗
	6 hours	(0.041)	(0.158)	(0.041)	(0.158)	(0.057)	(0.233)
Local employment opportunities
Ref.: Worse compared with place of residence
	Similar		0.503^∗∗∗		0.515^∗∗∗		0.530^∗∗
	Similar		(0.138)		(0.138)		(0.194)
	Better		0.380^∗∗		0.392^∗∗		0.506^∗∗
	Better		(0.136)		(0.136)		(0.192)
Difficulty of finding adequate housing
Ref.: Very easy
	Some effort		−0.388^∗∗		−0.379^∗∗		−0.129
	Some effort		(0.130)		(0.130)		(0.181)
	Considerable effort		−0.590^∗∗∗		−0.576^∗∗∗		−0.430^∗
	Considerable effort		(0.136)		(0.136)		(0.191)
Duration of unemployment in months		0.0001	0.0001	0.001	0.002	−0.0001	0.004
Duration of unemployment in months		(0.0004)	(0.002)	(0.001)	(0.003)	(0.001)	(0.003)
Interactions with duration of unemployment
	Weekly working hours—30 hours				0.0004
	Weekly working hours—30 hours				(0.003)
	Weekly working hours—40 hours				0.002
	Weekly working hours—40 hours				(0.003)
	Level of over-qualification—Slight				0.004
	Level of over-qualification—Slight				(0.002)
	Level of over-qualification—Considerable				0.001
	Level of over-qualification—Considerable				(0.003)
	Prospects of internal promotion—Few				−0.003
	Prospects of internal promotion—Few				(0.002)
	Prospects of internal promotion—Many				−0.005^∗
	Prospects of internal promotion—Many				(0.002)
	Contract duration—1-year contract			−0.001	−0.007^∗∗
	Contract duration—1-year contract			(0.001)	(0.003)
	Contract duration—3-year contract			−0.001^∗	0.001
	Contract duration—3-year contract			(0.001)	(0.002)
	Commuting distance (one-way)—4 hours					0.0004	−0.001
	Commuting distance (one-way)—4 hours					(0.001)	(0.003)
	Commuting distance (one-way)—6 hours					0.0004	−0.001
	Commuting distance (one-way)—6 hours					(0.001)	(0.003)
	Local employment opportunities—Similar						−0.001
	Local employment opportunities—Similar						(0.003)
	Local employment opportunities—Better						−0.002
	Local employment opportunities—Better						(0.002)
	Adequate housing—Some effort						−0.005^∗
	Adequate housing—Some effort						(0.002)
	Adequate housing—Considerable effort						−0.003
	Adequate housing—Considerable effort						(0.003)
Intercept		0.818^∗∗∗	6.105^∗∗∗	0.779^∗∗∗	5.971^∗∗∗	0.832^∗∗∗	5.880^∗∗∗
Intercept		(0.226)	(0.845)	(0.226)	(0.862)	(0.228)	(0.858)
Observations		8,570		8,570		8,570
Persons		1,725		1,725		1,725
Log-Likelihood		−17,841		−17,830		−17,838
AIC		35,851		35,848		35,861
BIC		36,443		36,512		36,510

Cluster-robust standard errors in parentheses, ^∗ p<0.05, ^∗∗ p<0.01, ^∗∗∗ p<0.01.
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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