Table 4 Job entry, duration of employment, and exit rate at Südwerk

Assignment of new entrants to the following job categories

(N = 1962)

(N = 1090)

(N = 162)

(N = 74)

(N = 3288)

Work assistant

Machine operator

Quality control

Apprentices

4.3

53.7

8.7

33.3

20.0

73.7

2.4

3.9

3.1

61.1

18.5

17.3

2.7

86.5

8.1

2.7

9.4

61.4

7.1

22.1

Arithmetic average of the duration of employment in cross section (in years)

(N = 2921)

(N = 1297)

(N = 333)

(N = 121)

(N = 4672)

1976

1984

12.4

13.3

5.8

9.4

10.5

12.3

6.3

9.5

10.3

12.0

Exit rates during …

… the years of expansion 1979, 1980 and 1981

… the years of contraction 1982, 1983 and 1984

7.3

7.0

6.3

15.3

7.8

10.9

4.9

17.8

7.0

10.1