Table 10 Matching quality indicators—one
From: Naturalisation and on-the-job training: evidence from first-generation immigrants in Germany
Total | Men | Women | Western Europe | Non-Western Europe | Eastern Europe | Turkey | Blue-collar employees | White-collar employees | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Before matching | |||||||||
Pseudo R-squared | 0.434 | 0.428 | 0.447 | 0.435 | 0.382 | 0.301 | 0.492 | 0.431 | 0.422 |
Mean of standardised bias | 34.1 | 34.3 | 36.3 | 48.3 | 38.2 | 31.3 | 42.2 | 31.6 | 22.5 |
After matching | |||||||||
Pseudo R-squared | 0.031 | 0.027 | 0.027 | 0.056 | 0.028 | 0.01 | 0.031 | 0.044 | 0.019 |
Mean of standardised bias | 9.5 | 9.4 | 8.7 | 12.3 | 9.5 | 5.0 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 7.2 |
Reduction of mean standardised bias | 72.5 | 73.5 | 76.1 | 74.5 | 75.1 | 84.0 | 80.1 | 70.6 | 68.0 |