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

Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 6 Summary statistics

	Canada (%)	Germany (%)
Numeracy: Level 0/1	12.38	9.88
Numeracy: Level 2/3	72.14	70.85
Numeracy: Level 4/5	15.48	19.27
Advanced math at work^a	36.53	46.59
Advanced reading at work^a	49.90	58.20
High discretion^b	43.62	64.58
Education: High school diploma or less	30.47	53.37
Education: VET PSE (below the BA level)	18.61	8.76
Education: non-VET PSE (below the BA level)	21.98	15.85
Education: BA degree or above	28.94	22.01
Female	48.09	47.74
Age: < 35 years	31.28	21.57
Age: 35–54 years	56.99	66.71
Age: > 55 years	11.73	11.72
Non-native language speaker^c	18.28	7.83
No job change between 12–16^d	68.53	77.84
Change working hours 12–16 (mean and SD)	1.73 (11.46)	0.57 (9.65)
Firm size: < 10 ppl	17.7	22.49
Firm size: 11–50 ppl	31.15	26.38
Firm size: 51–250 ppl	26.53	25.09
Firm size: > 251 ppl	24.62	26.05
Public sector employee^e	28.72	23.26
Part-time employee^f	9.53	20.49
Labour market experience (mean and SD)	20.48 (11.62)	22.61 (10.05)
More than one job in 2012^g	9.38	8.80
Living with partner in 2012^h	68.18	75.92
Child under 6 in 2012ⁱ	14.49	9.79
Observations	1938	1320

Table shows percentages unless stated otherwise. Survey weights provided by the OECD are used
^aReference group: little math/reading at work
^bReference group: low discretion
^cReference group: Native speaker
^dReference group: job change between 2012 and 2016
^eReference group: private sector
^fReference group: full-time employee
^gReference group: only one job in 2012
^hReference group: not living with partner in 2012
ⁱReference group: no child under 6 in household in 2012