East Germany | West Germany | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | ATT | Mean | ATT | |
Job search activities during past 4 weeks | ||||
Job search: yes | 0.567 | 0.035 | 0.530 | 0.036 |
Job search via… | ||||
… Job advertisements in newspapers | 0.435 | 0.050 | 0.439 | 0.042 |
… Employment agencies’ online job market | 0.336 | 0.045 | 0.345 | − 0.010 |
… Other internet sources | 0.349 | 0.021 | 0.362 | 0.053* |
… Family and friends | 0.389 | 0.046 | 0.333 | 0.056* |
… Placement officer at the employment agency | 0.318 | 0.005 | 0.234 | 0.042 |
… Private job placement service | 0.114 | − 0.003 | 0.092 | − 0.003 |
… Other, not coded | 0.033 | 0.007 | 0.021 | − 0.003 |
No. of different search channels | 2.061 | 0.192 | 1.874 | 0.192 |
Looked for any possible job | 0.348 | − 0.001 | 0.253 | 0.073** |
Application activities during past 4 weeks | ||||
Replied to job advertisements | 0.347 | 0.010 | 0.377 | 0.054* |
Placed an ‘employment wanted’ advertisement | 0.033 | 0.001 | 0.025 | 0.001 |
Asked for a job at the company itself | 0.364 | 0.023 | 0.281 | 0.051* |
Submitted application without concrete job advertisement | 0.244 | 0.009 | 0.225 | − 0.009 |
Job application > 100 km away from current residence | 0.057 | 0.007 | 0.066 | − 0.010 |
No. of applications for job advertisements | 1.684 | − 0.354 | 2.161 | − 0.051 |
No. of pro-active applications | 0.999 | − 0.117 | 1.034 | 0.171 |
Total no. of applications | 2.683 | − 0.471 | 3.195 | 0.120 |
No. of application channels | 0.989 | 0.042 | 0.909 | 0.097 |
Reservation wage, employment and income | ||||
Hourly reservation wage after tax in €a | 6.255 | − 0.140 | 7.245 | − 0.211 |
Contributory employment | 0.076 | − 0.012 | 0.063 | − 0.010 |
Minor employment | 0.190 | − 0.008 | 0.172 | − 0.021 |
Household receives UB II | 0.908 | 0.025 | 0.920 | 0.014 |
Equivalent household income in €a, b | 656.750 | − 13.710 | 750.136 | − 18.186 |
Treated | 325 | 352 | ||
Treated on support | 297 | 337 | ||
Potential controls | 1572 | 3012 | ||
Matched controls | 1322 | 2698 | ||
MSB before matching | 10.154 | 10.048 | ||
MSB after matching | 2.653 | 1.537 |