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Table 5 Descriptive statistics of workers according to their participation in a training program regarding the use of new ICT tools

From: Transmission of vocational skills in the second part of careers: the effect of ICT and management changes

 

Non-trained workers

Trained workers

Standardized difference in means (absolute value in  %)

Outcome

 Being an internal trainer

0.373

0.537***

34.27

Demographic variables

 Female

0.309

0.430***

25.93

 Age 45–49

0.475

0.440

7.36

 Age 50–54

0.310

0.300

2.21

 Age 55–57

0.213

0.259

11.05

 Single

0.176

0.150

7.41

 Primary education

0.225

0.101***

34.68

 Vocational education

0.396

0.361

7.42

 High School education

0.144

0.220**

20.22

 Undergraduate education

0.108

0.186***

22.85

 Graduate post-graduate education

0.125

0.131

1.87

 Health limitations

0.115

0.079*

12.69

 Mincerian wage fixed effect

0.016

0.155***

44.79

Job’s characteristics

 High-skilled occupations

0.463

0.777***

69.38

 Low-skilled occupations

0.536

0.223***

69.38

 Seniority < 10 years

0.244

0.176***

17.08

 Seniority 11–20 years

0.228

0.209

4.68

 Seniority 21–30 years

0.325

0.371

9.67

 Seniority > 30 years

0.201

0.244

10.37

 Log of daily wage first quartile group

0.247

0.105***

38.72

 Log of daily wage second quartile group

0.231

0.239

1.76

 Log of daily wage third quartile group

0.225

0.248

5.49

 Log of daily wage fourth quartile group

0.295

0.409***

24.41

 Part-time work

0.077

0.067

4.04

Working conditions

 Has to change location frequently

0.194

0.134*

16.83

 No external demand needing immediate response

0.531

0.455

15.76

 No change in colleagues over the last 12 months

0.573

0.508

13.59

Firm’s characteristics

 Age structure

   

  High share of young workers (< 30 years)

0.296

0.339

9.32

  High share of workers aged 30–45 years

0.016

0.034

12.52

  High share of older workers (> 45 years)

0.208

0.123***

23.23

  Firm size 20–49

0.148

0.150

0.72

  Firm size 50–299

0.267

0.221

11.13

  Firm size > 300

0.585

0.629

9.27

  Manufacturing

0.404

0.368

7.71

  Building

0.069

0.024**

21.89

  Retail trade

0.168

0.202

8.96

  Transports

0.101

0.034***

27.09

  Housing and finance

0.153

0.265

28.71

  Media and services to firms

0.105

0.107

0.85

  Observations

4429

425

 
  1. Source: COI survey 2006/INSEE-DARES-CEE
  2. Coverage: Workers aged 45–57 years old with at least 1 year of seniority and employed in firms with 20 workers or more
  3. Significance levels for t-stats of differences in means are *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05 and * p < 0.1