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Table 4 Worker vignette: training subsidy is perceived as just—Avg. marginal effect

From: Justice perceptions of occupational training subsidies: findings from a factorial survey

Avg. predicted marginal effect

Model 1a

Model 1b

Model 2

Model 3

1. Vignette features

Logit fixed

Logit mixed + RI

logit mixed + RI

logit mixed + RI/RS

 Male (else: female)

− 0.058* (0.027)

− 0.025** (0.011)

− 0.027* (0.011)

− 0.025* (0.010)

 Age (ref: 34 years old)

  46 years old

0.074* (0.031)

0.040*** (0.012)

0.042*** (0.012)

0.035** (0.012)

  58 years old

− 0.034 (0.032)

− 0.020 (0.014)

− 0.021 (0.014)

− 0.028* (0.013)

 Unemployed (else: no)

0.140*** (0.027)

0.078*** (0.012)

0.081*** (0.012)

0.086*** (0.011)

 Funding time (ref: 4 weeks)

  Funding for 6 months

− 0.034 (0.034)

− 0.027* (0.013)

− 0.026* (0.013)

− 0.027* (0.013)

  Funding for 2 years

− 0.193*** (0.032)

− 0.092*** (0.013)

− 0.090*** (0.013)

− 0.091*** (0.012)

 Job 75% replaceable (else: no)

0.150*** (0.029)

0.069*** (0.013)

0.067*** (0.013)

0.070*** (0.013)

 Continuous job (else: no)

0.267*** (0.026)

0.119*** (0.012)

0.122*** (0.012)

0.117*** (0.012)

2. Personal characteristics

 Male (else: female)

  

0.039* (0.016)

0.042* (0.016)

 Age (ref: 50–64)

  Age 18–34

  

0.015 (0.020)

0.027 (0.019)

  Age 35–49

  

0.011 (0.018)

0.010 (0.017)

  Age 65–78

  

− 0.030 (0.046)

− 0.041 (0.046)

 Region (ref: ‘Eastern States’)

  German Southern States

  

− 0.005 (0.024)

− 0.005 (0.024)

  German Northern States

  

− 0.005 (0.024)

− 0.007 (0.023)

  German City States

  

0.026 (0.032)

0.017 (0.032)

 Education (ref: A-levels and vocational training)

  No education

  

− 0.049 (0.068)

− 0.068 (0.068)

  (Technical) College

  

0.023 (0.016)

0.024 (0.016)

 Monthly net household Euro income (ref: 2000–3000)

  Less than 1000 Euro

  

0.002 (0.042)

0.009 (0.040)

  1000–1499 Euro

  

0.034 (0.034)

0.030 (0.034)

  1500–1999 Euro

  

0.016 (0.026)

0.020 (0.025)

  3000–3999 Euro

  

− 0.019 (0.022)

− 0.016 (0.022)

  4000–4999 Euro

  

− 0.032 (0.025)

− 0.024 (0.024)

  5000 Euro or more

  

− 0.074* (0.027)

− 0.060* (0.026)

  Income not specified

  

− 0.031 (0.034)

− 0.028 (0.033)

 Parties (ref: ‘Greens’)

  CDU (Christian Democratic Union)

  

− 0.060* (0.031)

− 0.065* (0.031)

  CSU (Christian Social Union)

  

− 0.050 (0.049)

− 0.055 (0.048)

  SPD (Social Democratic Party)

  

0.031 (0.025)

0.020 (0.025)

  AfD (Alternative for Germany)

  

− 0.045 (0.049)

− 0.066 (0.050)

  FDP (Free Democratic Party)

  

− 0.135*** (0.042)

− 0.132*** (0.039)

  Die Linke (The Left)

  

0.012 (0.031)

− 0.004 (0.032)

  Other party (not in Parliament)

  

0.085* (0.031)

0.071* (0.031)

  Not specified

  

− 0.004 (0.019)

− 0.01 (0.019)

 Unemployment benefit (else: no)

  

0.069** (0.022)

0.075*** (0.020)

 Unemployed responsible for situation (else: no)

  

0.035* (0.016)

0.042* (0.016)

 Difficulty with new work technologies (ref: no)

  Difficulty with new tech

  

0.023 (0.023)

0.018 (0.022)

  Not applicable (no work)

  

0.025 (0.022)

0.027 (0.021)

  1. 4040 vignette answers; 1010 persons
  2. RI random intercept, RS random slopes
  3. *p < 0.050; **p < 0.005; ***p < 0.001; robust standard errors in parentheses