Using the job requirements approach and matched employer-employee data to investigate the content of individuals’ human capital

Mane, Ferran; Miravet, Daniel

doi:10.1007/s12651-016-0203-3

Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 4 Determinants of skill content of jobs

From: Using the job requirements approach and matched employer-employee data to investigate the content of individuals’ human capitalMessung von individuellem Humankapital auf Basis des „Jobanforderungsansatzes“ (job requirements approach) und zusammengespielter Arbeitgeber-Arbeitnehmer-Daten

	Overall index	Problem-solving	Client communication	High-level communication	Planning skills	Horizontal communication	Numeracy skills	Technical skills	Literacy skills	Computer skills
Supervisor	0.061*	0.207***	0.126***	0.097***	0.016	0.126***	−0.062	0.124***	0.004	−0.052
Core employee	−0.595***	−0.146***	−0.380***	−0.902***	−0.479***	−0.380***	−0.413***	−0.261***	−0.442***	−0.438***
Education level 2	0.176***	0.122***	0.055	0.059*	0.067*	0.055	0.212***	0.285***	0.136***	0.409***
Education level 3	0.324***	0.131***	0.124***	0.181***	0.132***	0.124***	0.356***	0.445***	0.380***	0.529***
Education level 4	0.317***	0.061	0.034	0.293***	0.115**	0.034	0.397***	0.418***	0.432***	0.508***
Experience	0.010**	0.004	0.004	0.012***	0.009*	0.004	−0.001	0.019***	0.009**	0.005
Tenure	−0.008*	−0.005	−0.007	−0.001	−0.005	−0.007	−0.002	−0.010**	−0.006	−0.004
Training	0.277***	0.157***	0.212***	0.197***	0.158***	0.212***	0.177***	0.271***	0.259***	0.184***
# Supervising workers	0.000	0.001	0.000	0.002	0.000	0.000	−0.000	−0.001*	0.000**	−0.001***
Women	−0.022	−0.025	0.039	−0.133***	−0.002	0.039	−0.110***	−0.065**	0.033	0.159***
Product/Process
Product innovation	0.116***	0.061	0.111***	0.106***	0.051	0.111***	0.011	0.097***	0.114***	0.057
Product strategy	0.021	0.040	0.059**	−0.034	0.044	0.059**	0.011	−0.009	0.007	−0.005
Leadership in market	−0.061**	−0.099***	−0.068**	0.028	−0.057*	−0.068**	−0.090***	−0.015	−0.046	−0.024
Process innovation	−0.047*	0.008	−0.040	−0.075***	−0.021	−0.040	0.054*	−0.071**	−0.040	−0.015
Technological intensity	0.004	0.024	0.008	0.014	−0.000	0.008	0.007	0.031	−0.030	0.058***
Human Resources
All variable payment	−0.080***	−0.058*	−0.094***	−0.094***	−0.048	−0.094***	0.050*	−0.073***	−0.050*	0.053*
Centralization task	−0.020	−0.021	−0.045**	−0.024	0.013	−0.045**	0.008	−0.006	−0.014	−0.051***
Centralization strategy	−0.018	0.009	−0.026	0.002	−0.010	−0.026	−0.058***	0.015	−0.054***	−0.000
Use of job redesign	0.058**	0.062**	0.036	0.044**	0.011	0.036	0.061**	0.062***	0.046*	0.039
Use of information sharing-teams	0.102***	0.113***	0.112***	0.032	0.094***	0.112***	0.013	0.084***	0.064***	0.029
General firm characteristics
Export intensity	−0.043**	−0.076***	−0.030	−0.020	−0.066***	−0.030	0.014	−0.038**	−0.046***	−0.028
Belong to a group	0.082**	0.122***	0.083**	0.036	0.039	0.083**	−0.010	0.115***	0.023	0.093**
Size	0.028*	0.020	0.040***	0.035**	0.022	0.040***	0.020	−0.000	0.042***	0.081***
Increasing sales	0.011	0.031*	0.000	−0.019	−0.008	0.000	0.005	0.007	0.027*	0.048***
R2	0.237	0.080	0.146	0.323	0.111	0.146	0.130	0.171	0.200	0.277

N = 4531
*denotes significant at 10 %; **denotes significant at 5 %; ***denotes significant at 1 %

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