Short-term earnings mobility in the Canadian and German context: the role of cognitive skills

Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 3 Proportion of downward, same, and upward decile change, 2012 to 2016

	Canada			Germany
	downward	same	upward	downward	same	upward
All	0.279	0.369	0.352	0.262	0.407	0.331
Numeracy Skills in 2012: Level 0/1	0.288	0.327	0.385	0.320	0.362	0.318
Numeracy Skills in 2012: Level 2/3	0.281	0.366	0.354	0.271	0.388	0.341
Numeracy Skills in 2012: Level 4/5	0.261	0.429	0.310	0.196	0.502	0.302
Advanced math at work in 2012	0.285	0.399	0.316	0.274	0.408	0.318
No advanced math in 2012	0.275	0.352	0.373	0.251	0.407	0.342
Advanced reading at work in 2012	0.287	0.356	0.373	0.268	0.406	0.326
No advanced reading in 2012	0.270	0.382	0.330	0.254	0.408	0.338
Low discretion at work in 2012	0.255	0.375	0.370	0.263	0.373	0.363
High discretion at work in 2012	0.309	0.363	0.328	0.261	0.426	0.313
Education: HS or less	0.304	0.354	0.342	0.295	0.376	0.329
Education: VET PSE (below BA)	0.328	0.412	0.260	0.238	0.438	0.324
Education: non-VET PSE (below BA)	0.253	0.353	0.393	0.227	0.442	0.330
Education: BA degree or above	0.238	0.371	0.390	0.216	0.445	0.339