Total | East Germany | West Germany | Last regular job ended | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
< 4 years ago | ≥ 4 years ago, never employed, missing | ||||
Job search activities during past 4 weeks | |||||
Job search: yes | 0.061** | 0.044 | 0.035 | 0.019 | 0.069** |
Job search via … | |||||
… Job advertisements in newspapers | 0.059** | 0.057 | 0.040 | 0.052 | 0.074** |
… Employment agencies’ online job market | 0.015 | 0.030 | − 0.025 | 0.031 | − 0.014 |
… Other internet sources | 0.034 | − 0.005 | 0.025 | 0.020 | 0.045 |
… Family and friends | 0.066** | 0.042 | 0.056* | 0.060 | 0.067** |
… Placement officer at the employment agency | 0.027 | 0.010 | 0.065** | 0.057 | 0.022 |
… Private job placement service | 0.009 | − 0.009 | 0.015 | 0.025 | 0.014 |
… Other, not coded | − 0.004 | 0.004 | − 0.008 | 0.001 | − 0.003 |
No. of different search channels | 0.222** | 0.144 | 0.172 | 0.259 | 0.216* |
Looked for any possible job | 0.067*** | 0.027 | 0.064** | 0.027 | 0.085*** |
Application activities during past 4 weeks | |||||
Replied to job advertisements | 0.034 | 0.055 | 0.045 | 0.007 | 0.046 |
Placed an ‘employment wanted’ advertisement | − 0.002 | 0.009 | − 0.002 | 0.006 | 0.006 |
Asked for a job at the company itself | 0.057** | 0.030 | 0.071** | 0.050 | 0.075** |
Submitted application without concrete job advertisement | − 0.003 | − 0.003 | − 0.007 | − 0.006 | − 0.012 |
Job application > 100 km away from current residence | 0.004 | 0.019 | − 0.003 | − 0.032 | 0.002 |
No. of applications for job advertisements | − 0.193 | − 0.276 | − 0.081 | 0.124 | − 0.216 |
No. of pro-active applications | 0.002 | − 0.293 | 0.124 | 0.700 | − 0.275** |
Total no. of applications | − 0.190 | − 0.568 | 0.043 | 0.824 | − 0.492* |
No. of application channels | 0.085 | 0.091 | 0.108 | 0.057 | 0.115 |
Reservation wage, employment and income | |||||
Hourly reservation wage after tax in €a | − 0.200 | − 0.048 | − 0.116 | − 0.274 | − 0.340** |
Contributory employment | − 0.026** | − 0.016 | − 0.016 | − 0.053 | − 0.007 |
Minor employment | − 0.024 | − 0.054 | − 0.040 | − 0.045 | − 0.027 |
Household receives UB II | 0.035*** | 0.027 | 0.030* | 0.077** | 0.004 |
Equivalent household income in €a, b | − 16.673 | − 14.543 | − 21.833 | − 2.571 | − 26.753 |
Treated | 530 | 247 | 283 | 154 | 369 |
Treated on support | 502 | 224 | 272 | 140 | 347 |
Potential controls | 4205 | 1403 | 2802 | 1408 | 2761 |
Matched controls | 3719 | 1098 | 2224 | 1018 | 2209 |
MSB before matching | 10.063 | 10.635 | 10.458 | 14.223 | 11.218 |
MSB after matching | 1.626 | 2.834 | 2.281 | 4.999 | 1.695 |