Table 6 Comparison of the return to shaw’s and ormiston’s skills transferability
Independent Variable | Dependent Variable: Difference in log of real weekly earning | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
($2006; OLS) | ||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
Ormiston transfer*100 | 0.003 | 0.004 | ||
(9.25) | (8.32) | |||
Shaw transfer*100 | 0.001 | 0.001 | ||
(7.51) | (6.64) | |||
Same industry (2-digit) | 0.072 | 0.082 | 0.077 | 0.087 |
(4.29) | (4.85) | (3.27) | (3.68) | |
Tenure at the lost job | −0.008 | −0.008 | −0.009 | −0.010 |
(−4.88) | (−4.96) | (−5.73) | (−5.83) | |
Notice of displacement | 0.012 | 0.013 | −0.009 | −0.008 |
(0.68) | (0.77) | (−0.47) | (−0.41) | |
Unemployment insurance | −0.044 | −0.044 | −0.003 | −0.004 |
(−2.47) | (−2.48) | (−0.15) | (−0.17) | |
Age | 0.013 | 0.014 | 0.010 | 0.011 |
(2.31) | (2.43) | (1.50) | (1.64) | |
Age square | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
(−2.84) | (−2.95) | (−2.22) | (−2.35) | |
Female | −0.090 | −0.089 | −0.093 | −0.092 |
(−4.42) | (−4.34) | (−4.32) | (−4.25) | |
Constant | −0.208 | −0.014 | −0.088 | 0.120 |
(−1.61) | (−0.11) | (−0.58) | (0.80) | |
N | 6827 | 6827 | 4727 | 4727 |
Adj. R2 | 0.085 | 0.082 | 0.096 | 0.091 |