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Table 5 ATT of receiving a One-Euro-Job announcement and mean outcomes for matched controls by region.

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

 

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

 
  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