Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the variables by treatment and control group.

Individual net total income

1907.81

1678.78

1817.93

1559.85

2139.98

2120.46

2090.67

1750.11

Age

44.91

10.29

44.48

9.80

44.29

9.95

44.96

9.42

Female

0.28

0.41

0.24

0.43

0.12

0.33

0.13

0.34

Migrant

0.08

0.28

0.12

0.32

0.04

0.21

0.07

0.25

Hours worked

48.40

14.86

46.37

13.97

52.18

14.59

50.76

13.14

Part-time

0.07

0.26

0.12

0.33

0.03

0.17

0.05

0.21

Time in current job

12.62

12.62

11.32

9.85

12.75

10.29

12.18

9.61

Number of employees

1.26

2.32

2.20

2.32

2.00

3.01

3.62

3.01

Last labor market status

 Unemployed

0.01

0.07

0.02

0.14

0.01

0.08

0.01

0.11

 Employed

0.41

0.49

0.90

0.30

0.43

0.50

0.93

0.26

 Student

0.00

0.06

0.01

0.07

0.00

0.02

0.00

0.04

 Other/missing

0.57

0.50

0.01

0.11

0.56

0.50

0.05

0.23

Marital status

 Single

0.23

0.42

0.26

0.44

0.18

0.39

0.21

0.41

 Married

0.66

0.47

0.63

0.48

0.74

0.44

0.69

0.46

 Widow(er)

0.02

0.13

0.02

0.12

0.01

0.11

0.01

0.10

 Divorced

0.09

0.29

0.10

0.30

0.07

0.25

0.09

0.28

Number of children

 None

0.64

0.48

0.62

0.49

0.57

0.50

0.59

0.49

 One child

0.17

0.38

0.19

0.39

0.20

0.40

0.20

0.40

 Two children

0.15

0.35

0.16

0.36

0.18

0.39

0.17

0.37

 Three + children

0.05

0.21

0.04

0.19

0.06

0.23

0.05

0.21

General education

 Lower secondary school

0.57

0.50

0.46

0.50

0.66

0.48

0.58

0.49

 Intermediate secondary school

0.23

0.42

0.28

0.45

0.24

0.43

0.29

0.46

 University entrance qualification

0.20

0.40

0.26

0.44

0.11

0.31

0.13

0.34

Vocational qualification

 None

0.03

0.16

0.03

0.18

0.02

0.12

0.02

0.14

 Vocational training

0.49

0.50

0.57

0.50

0.31

0.46

0.38

0.48

 Advanced vocational training

0.42

0.42

0.31

0.46

0.65

0.48

0.58

0.49

 University

0.07

0.08

0.10

0.29

0.03

0.16

0.02

0.15

Yearly dummies

 2000

0.15

0.36

N/A

N/A

0.85

0.36

N/A

N/A

 2001

0.17

0.37

N/A

N/A

0.83

0.37

N/A

N/A

 2002

0.17

0.38

N/A

N/A

0.83

0.38

N/A

N/A

 2003

0.16

0.37

N/A

N/A

0.84

0.37

N/A

N/A

 2004

0.16

0.37

N/A

N/A

0.84

0.37

N/A

N/A

 2005

N/A

N/A

0.18

0.39

N/A

N/A

0.81

0.39

 2006

N/A

N/A

0.19

0.39

N/A

N/A

0.81

0.39

 2007

N/A

N/A

0.18

0.38

N/A

N/A

0.82

0.39

 2008

N/A

N/A

0.20

0.40

N/A

N/A

0.80

0.40

 2009

N/A

N/A

0.18

0.39

N/A

N/A

0.81

0.39

 2010

N/A

N/A

0.20

0.40

N/A

N/A

0.80

0.40

N (max–min)

2331–2913

2331–2913

2929–3488

2929–3488

2818–12,018

2818–12,018

2929–15,061

2929–15,061