The labour market effects of the polish educational reform of 1999

Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 4 Share of employed people among those who are active (employed or unemployed)

Age	Control	Treated	Difference (t-stat.)
a. Full sample
20	0.52	0.64	0.12
			(2.82)
21	0.60	0.70	0.10
			(3.90)
22	0.70	0.76	0.06
			(3.04)
23	0.77	0.79	0.02
			(1.34)
24	0.80	0.81	0.01
			(0.76)
25	0.82	0.82	−0.01
			(−0.34)
26	0.83	0.87	0.03
			(1.97)
27	0.85	0.82	−0.03
			(−1.41)
b. ISCED 2 or below
20	0.41	0.59	0.19
			(1.89)
21	0.44	0.59	0.15
			(2.02)
22	0.58	0.71	0.13
			(1.84)
23	0.54	0.68	0.14
			(1.79)
24	0.62	0.65	0.03
			(0.33)
25	0.60	0.58	−0.02
			(−0.19)
26	0.65	0.67	0.03
			(0.26)
27	0.60	0.41	−0.18
			(−1.36)
c. ISCED 3
20	0.54	0.65	0.11
			(2.24)
21	0.62	0.71	0.09
			(3.25)
22	0.71	0.76	0.05
			(2.48)
23	0.78	0.80	0.02
			(0.89)
24	0.80	0.81	0.01
			(0.29)
25	0.82	0.85	0.03
			(1.30)
26	0.82	0.85	0.04
			(1.38)
27	0.84	0.82	−0.02
			(−0.59)

Tables 4a–c show the share of employed respondents in the active population in the treatment and the control group, separately by age groups. The third column shows the differences between the two groups at each age with t-statistics in the parentheses. 4a presents the data of the whole sample, 4b for those who have at most a lower secondary qualification, and Table 4c for those with an upper secondary qualification