From: Are temporary work agencies stepping stones into regular employment?
 | Group |  | Differences in mean |  |
---|---|---|---|---|
 | Control | Treatment | Coefficient | t-statistic |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Male | 58.5 | 76.1 | 0.177 | (5.73)*** |
Female | 41.5 | 23.9 | -0.177 | (-5.73)*** |
Aggregate days in | 447 | 396 | -50.898 | (-2.87)*** |
unemployment 1998–2001 |  |  |  |  |
0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | Â | Â |
1–30 | 1.6 | 0.5 |  |  |
31–90 | 6.6 | 9.0 |  |  |
91–182 | 11.5 | 13.4 |  |  |
183–274 | 11.2 | 13.9 |  |  |
275–364 | 10.0 | 13.4 |  |  |
365–730 | 41.4 | 37.8 |  |  |
731–1094 | 16.3 | 11.4 |  |  |
1095–1457 | 0.6 | 0.0 |  |  |
Age groups | 36 | 32 | -3.905 | (-6.04)*** |
16–20 | 4.1 | 10.9 | 0.069 | (3.11)*** |
21–25 | 10.9 | 19.4 | 0.085 | (3.01)*** |
26–30 | 13.2 | 12.4 | -0.008 | (-0.32) |
31–35 | 17.3 | 18.9 | 0.016 | (0.56) |
36–40 | 19.2 | 15.9 | -0.033 | (-1.26) |
41–45 | 17.4 | 14.4 | -0.030 | (-1.18) |
46–50 | 11.6 | 5.0 | -0.066 | (-4.14)*** |
51–55 | 6.3 | 3.0 | -0.033 | (-2.66)*** |
Country of birth | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Other European countries | 32.5 | 31.8 | -0.007 | (-0.21) |
Africa | 10.4 | 10.4 | 0.001 | (0.03) |
South America | 6.9 | 8.0 | 0.010 | (0.53) |
Asia | 49.4 | 48.8 | -0.007 | (-0.18) |
Soviet Union | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.003 | (0.36) |
Highest education level | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Primary school less than 9 years | 10.7 | 5.5 | -0.052 | (-3.14)*** |
Primary school 9 (10) years | 15.8 | 15.4 | 0.004 | (-0.16) |
Upper secondary 2 years or less | 25.6 | 22.9 | -0.027 | (-0.90) |
Upper secondary 2 years or more | 23.7 | 30.8 | 0.071 | (2.15)** |
Higher education less than 3 years | 9.4 | 10.4 | 0.010 | (0.46) |
Higher education 3 years or more | 11.3 | 10.9 | -0.003 | (-0.14) |
Post-graduate education | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.004 | (0.60) |
Unknown | 2.9 | 3.0 | 0.001 | (0.11) |
Year of arrival | Â | Â | Â | Â |
1936–1965 | 0.4 | 0.0 | -0.004 | (-4.59)*** |
1966–1972 | 2.8 | 0.5 | -0.023 | (-4.20)*** |
1973–1985 | 19.9 | 14.9 | -0.050 | (-1.95)* |
1986–1993 | 48.5 | 52.2 | 0.038 | (1.06) |
1994–2001 | 28.4 | 32.3 | 0.039 | (1.17) |
Resides in a large city | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Stockholm | 20.3 | 32.3 | 0.121 | (3.61)*** |
Gothenburg | 22.4 | 28.9 | 0.065 | (1.99)** |
Malmoe | 21.0 | 10.0 | -0.111 | (-5.06)*** |
Other | 36.3 | 28.9 | -0.075 | (-2.29)** |
Number of observations | 5,427 | 201 | 5,628 | Â |