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Table 3 Overall scarring effects of unemployment (standard errors are displayed in parentheses)

From: How unemployment scarring affects skilled young workers: evidence from a factorial survey of Swiss recruiters

 

Model 1

Model 2

b (se)

b (se)

Unemployment (ref. no unemployment)

− 0.100*** (0.02)

/

Duration of unemployment (ref. no unemployment)

 Short unemployment

/

− 0.084*** (0.02)

 Long unemployment

/

− 0.118*** (0.02)

Type of education—work trajectory (ref.: lower secondary education and occupation-specific low-skill job experience)

 Occupation-specific upper secondary education and occupation-specific middle-skill job experience

0.723*** (0.04)

0.726*** (0.04)

 Occupation-specific tertiary education and occupation-specific high-skill job experience

0.573*** (0.05)

0.575*** (0.05)

 Lower secondary education and non-occupation-specific low-skill job experience

− 0.519*** (0.04)

− 0.513*** (0.04)

 Non-occupation-specific upper secondary education and non-occupation-specific middle-skill job experience

− 0.463*** (0.04)

− 0.457*** (0.04)

 Non-occupation-specific tertiary secondary education and non-occupation-specific high-skill job experience

− 0.402*** (0.04)

− 0.400*** (0.04)

 Lower secondary and call-centre job experience

− 0.432*** (0.04)

− 0.428*** (0.04)

 Occupation-specific upper secondary education and call-centre job experience

− 0.115** (0.04)

− 0.112** (0.04)

 Occupation-specific tertiary education and call-centre job experience

− 0.038 (0.05)

− 0.035 (0.05)

Gender (ref. female)

0.011 (0.01)

0.012 (0.01)

Presentation order of the vignettes (ref. 3rd to 10th vignette)

− 0.061*** (0.02)

− 0.060*** (0.02)

Constant

1.189*** (0.07)

1.186*** (0.07)

R2

0.340

0.341

Observations

6338

6338

Persons

638

638

  1. The coefficients are log-transformed vignette ratings and can be interpreted as approximate changes in the percentage points of recruiters’ ratings with a unit change of the independent variable
  2. + p < 0.10, * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001