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Table 2 Summary statistics of key variables, by employment type

From: Migration, risk attitudes, and entrepreneurship: evidence from a representative immigrant survey

Variable

Ent. Mean

Non-Ent. Mean

Diff. (S.E)

Non-adjusted risk measure

3.53

3.54

-0.01 (0.95)

Adjusted risk measure

4.64

4.39

0.25 (0.06)*

Income (EUR)

1481

1146

335 (0.00)***

Age (Years)

35.47

32.37

3.1 (0.00)***

Years of schooling

15.07

14.56

0.51 (0.08)*

Female

0.42

0.54

-0.12 (0.01)***

  1. Note: `Non-adjusted risk measure' uses directly the response individuals gave to the self-evaluation question. `Adjusted risk measure' is the semi-parametrically adjusted value using responses to the three vignettes. Income is given in Euros per month. *p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01.