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Table 8 Variables definition and summary statistics

From: Short-time work in Luxembourg: evidence from a firm survey

Variable

Description

N

Mean

Applied for STW

Discrete; 1 if applied for STW in t, 0 otherwise

1045

0.05

Period 10/13

Discrete; 1 if t is 2010/13, 0 otherwise

1045

0.50

Manufacturing

Discrete; 1 if firm belongs to NACE code C, 0 otherwise

1045

0.13

Construction

Discrete; 1 if firm belongs to NACE code F, 0 otherwise

1045

0.25

Trade

Discrete; 1 if firm belongs to NACE code G, 0 otherwise

1045

0.26

Business services

Discrete; 1 if firm belongs to NACE codes H, I, J, L, M or N, 0 otherwise

1045

0.35

1–4 employees

Discrete; 1 if firm had 1–4 employees at the end of 2013, 0 otherwise

1045

0.20

5–19 employees

Discrete; 1 if firm had 5–19 employees at the end of 2013, 0 otherwise

1045

0.34

20–49 employees

Discrete; 1 if firm had 20–49 employees at the end of 2013, 0 otherwise

1045

0.27

50–199 employees

Discrete; 1 if firm had 50–199 employees at the end of 2013, 0 otherwise

1045

0.14

200+ employees

Discrete; 1 if firm had 200 employees or more at the end of 2013, 0 otherwise

1045

0.04

Age of firm

Continuos, in years derived from the first year of operation

1045

25.70

Multi-establishment firm

Discrete; 1 if the firm was a multiple-establishment firm at the end of 2013, 0 otherwise

1045

0.12

FT perm. empl., share

Continuous; permanent full-time employees as a share of total employees at the end of 2007

1045

0.88

PT perm. empl., share

Continuous; permanent part-time employees as a share of total employees at the end of 2007

1045

0.10

High-skill empl., share

Continuous; employees belonging to ISCO classes 1, 2, 3, 7 or 8 as a share of total employees at the end of 2013

1045

0.60

Tenure > 5 years, share

Continuous; employees with job tenure exceeding 5 years as a share of total employees at the end of 2013

1045

0.61

Domestic revenue, share

Continuous; sales in the domestic market as a share of total sales in 2013

1045

0.75

Collective pay agreement (based on 4.3)

Discrete; 1 if the proportion of employees covered in 2013 by any collective pay agreement is greater than 0, 0 otherwise

1045

0.39

Competition, severe/very

severe (index)

Continuous, weighted average; 1 = weak, 2 = moderate, 3 = severe, 4 = very severe, weighted by the respective market share in 2013

1045

0.80

Relevant hiring obstacle: hiring costs

Discrete; 1 if firing costs were a relevant/very relevant obstacle in hiring workers with a permanent, open-ended contracts at the end of 2013, 0 otherwise

1045

0.35

Relevant hiring obstacle: firing costs

Discrete; 1 if hiring costs were a relevant/very relevant obstacle in hiring workers with a permanent, open-ended contracts at the end of 2013, 0 otherwise

1045

0.50

Relevant hiring obstacle: skilled labour

Discrete; 1 if insufficient availability of labour with the required skills was a relevant/very relevant obstacle in hiring workers with a permanent, open-ended contracts at the end of 2013, 0 otherwise

1045

0.67