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Table 7 Description of the regional distribution of employment-relevant factors

From: Employment trajectories in Germany: do firm characteristics and regional disparities matter?Erwerbsverläufe in Deutschland: Zur Bedeutung betrieblicher Charakteristika und regionaler Disparitäten

Characteristics

1999

2002

Mean

Standard Deviation

Mean

Standard Deviation

Types of region1

Densely populated agglomerations

24.36

–/–

24.36

–/–

Agglomerations with outstanding centers

23.55

–/–

23.55

–/–

Urbanized areas of higher density

14.58

–/–

14.58

–/–

Urbanized areas of medium density and large regional centers

17.96

–/–

17.96

–/–

Urbanized areas of medium density without large regional centers

2.84

–/–

2.84

–/–

Rural areas of higher density

12.18

–/–

12.18

–/–

Rural areas of lower density

4.53

–/–

4.53

–/–

Share of students

47.57

13.76

19.69

14.46

Unemployment rate

11.77

4.67

11.08

5.21

GDP (per capita)

22.63

5.33

24.00

5.66

Number of observations

97

97

  1. 1 Percentages do not add up to exactly 100 due to imprecise rounding off.
  2. Source: Linked Employer–Employee Data (LIAB); own calculations