Employment trajectories in Germany: do firm characteristics and regional disparities matter?

Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 6 Description of firm-specific characteristics

Characteristics	1999		2002
Characteristics	Mean	Standard Deviation	Mean	Standard Deviation
Firm size¹
Small firm	25.05	–/–	26.17	–/–
Small–medium-sized firm	45.21	–/–	46.31	–/–
Medium-sized firm	14.22	–/–	14.39	–/–
Larger firm	15.52	–/–	13.13	–/–
Qualification structure¹
Simple tasks	0.18	–/–	0.19	–/–
Qualified tasks	0.83	–/–	0.81	–/–
Share of fixed-term employees	0.05	–/–	0.04	–/–
Investments in further training	76.85	–/–	76.64	–/–
Technological state of machinery and equipment²	2.92	–/–	2.84	–/–
Works council (1= yes)	50.11	0.50	49.91	0.50
Sector¹
Agriculture, forestry, and mining	4.74	–/–	4.11	–/–
Construction	15.41	–/–	12.06	–/–
Manufacturing industry	33.71	–/–	39.44	–/–
Trade	12.53	–/–	12.29	–/–
Services for firms	6.48	–/–	7.24	–/–
Other services	21.79	–/–	19.95	–/–
Number of observations	1,836		2,140

¹ Percentages do not add up to exactly 100 due to imprecise rounding off.
² “1” indicates that the establishment has state-of-the-art equipment; “5” indicates that the equipment is obsolete.
Source: Linked Employer–Employee Data (LIAB); own calculations