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Table 4 ATT of receiving a One-Euro-Job announcement and mean outcomes for matched controls.

From: Of carrots and sticks: the effect of workfare announcements on the job search behaviour and reservation wage of welfare recipients

 

Mean outcome for matched controls

ATT

Job search activities during past 4 weeks

 Job search: yes

0.544

0.047**

 Job search via…

  … Job advertisements in newspapers

0.441

0.046**

  … Employment agencies’ online job market

0.351

0.012

  … Other internet sources

0.363

0.029

  … Family and friends

0.355

0.058***

  … Placement officer at the employment agency

0.282

0.020

  … Private job placement service

0.107

− 0.000

  … Other, not coded

0.030

− 0.001

 No. of different search channels

1.987

0.192**

 Looked for any possible job

0.290

0.051**

Application activities during past 4 weeks

 Replied to job advertisements

0.363

0.031

 Placed an ‘employment wanted’ advertisement

0.031

− 0.001

 Asked for a job at the company itself

0.313

0.049**

 Submitted application without concrete job advertisement

0.235

− 0.008

 Job application > 100 km away from current residence

0.061

0.001

 No. of applications for job advertisements

1.916

− 0.179

 No. of pro-active applications

1.043

− 0.014

 Total no. of applications

2.959

− 0.193

 No. of application channels

0.943

0.072

Reservation wage, employment and income

 Hourly reservation wage after tax in €a

6.836

− 0.228**

 Contributory employment

0.071

− 0.012

 Minor employment

0.187

− 0.028

 Household receives UB II

0.917

0.017

 Equivalent household income in €a, b

707.456

− 20.207

Treated

677

 

Treated on support

654

 

Potential controls

4584

 

Matched controls

4152

 

MSB before matching

9.98

 

MSB after matching

1.07

 
  1. Effects on share of a positive answer (0 = no, 1 = yes) unless stated otherwise
  2. aDeflated to price level 2010 = 1
  3. bThis income measure covers all types of income sources, also from social benefits. For details see Berg et al. (2013)
  4. *p < 0.10; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01