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Table 4 The effects of the 2013 PES reform: fixed effects panel data regression coefficients

From: Effects of face-to-face counselling on unemployment rate and duration: evidence from a Public Employment Service reform

Independent variable

(1) Dependent variable: unemployment rate (%)

(2) Dependent variable: unemployment duration (weeks)

(3) Dependent variable: difference in unemployment rate (%)

(4) Dependent variable: difference in unemployment duration (weeks)

Year 2007

−1.306*** (0.048)

−1.540*** (0.239)

Year 2008

−1.758*** (0.064)

−4.382*** (0.357)

0.854*** (0.060)

−1.302*** (0.300)

Year 2009

0.617*** (0.082)

−11.618*** (0.456)

3.689*** (0.082)

−5.678*** (0.438)

Year 2010

0.093 (0.099)

−8.872*** (0.492)

0.789*** (0.067)

4.330*** (0.316)

Year 2011

−0.661*** (0.102)

−5.151*** (0.512)

0.552*** (0.067)

5.271*** (0.308)

Year 2012

−0.346*** (0.104)

−1.994*** (0.550)

1.625*** (0.062)

4.667*** (0.322)

Year 2013

0.913*** (0.101)

−0.578 (0.572)

2.567*** (0.077)

2.915*** (0.329)

Year 2014

1.906*** (0.110)

2.557*** (0.649)

2.311*** (0.078)

4.712*** (0.345)

Year 2015

2.688*** (0.115)

5.441*** (0.646)

2.091*** (0.066)

4.431*** (0.352)

Year 2016

2.307*** (0.119)

8.785*** (0.697)

0.926*** (0.065)

5.007*** (0.400)

Year 2017

0.765*** (0.117)

9.624*** (0.701)

−0.244*** (0.069)

2.407*** (0.396)

Year 2014 × reform

0.413* (0.205)

0.959 (0.726)

0.366 (0.193)

0.816 (0.468)

Year 2015 × reform

0.400 (0.215)

2.077* (0.862)

0.363 (0.209)

1.902* (0.837)

Year 2016 × reform

0.181 (0.203)

2.990** (1.095)

0.155 (0.231)

2.668* (1.172)

Year 2017 × reform

0.171 (0.193)

2.471* (1.104)

0.168 (0.288)

2.097 (1.337)

Constant

10.042*** (0.073)

40.794*** (0.402)

−1.307*** (0.043)

−1.544*** (0.230)

Municipality fixed effects

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Municipality-specific trends

No

No

Yes

Yes

N

3,657

3,657

3,344

3,344

R-sq

0.652

0.599

0.646

0.416

  1. Municipality-clustered standard errors in parentheses. Interaction terms year∙reform are differenced in models 3 and 4. Statistical significance is denoted as: * p ≤ 0.05; ** p ≤ 0.01; *** p ≤ 0.001