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Table 4 Summary statistics for 2001, non-western immigrants

From: Are temporary work agencies stepping stones into regular employment?

 

Group

 

Differences in mean

 
 

Control

Treatment

Coefficient

t-statistic

Gender

    

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

  

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

    

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

    

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

    

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

    

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

 
  1. Robust standard errors.
  2. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1.