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Table 6 Main correlates of job search, marginal probit

From: The unhappily unemployed return to work faster

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

 

All

All

All

All

Married

Age

0.0127***

0.0116***

0.00996***

0.0108***

0.0179***

 

(0.00341)

(0.00346)

(0.00352)

(0.00378)

(0.00577)

Age2/1000

-0.259***

-0.245***

-0.211***

-0.219***

-0.308***

 

(0.0435)

(0.0439)

(0.0446)

(0.0468)

(0.0693)

Men

0.185***

0.192***

0.198***

0.196***

0.281***

 

(0.0124)

(0.0125)

(0.0127)

(0.0131)

(0.0192)

Ln(HH income pc)

 

0.0712***

0.0494***

0.0499***

0.0410**

  

(0.0102)

(0.0101)

(0.0102)

(0.0160)

Unemp Benefits

 

-0.00584**

-0.00514**

-0.00472**

-0.00579***

  

(0.00267)

(0.00236)

(0.00224)

(0.00184)

Educ: Middle

  

0.0855***

0.0856***

0.0979***

   

(0.0151)

(0.0155)

(0.0214)

Educ: High

  

0.173***

0.172***

0.165***

   

(0.0170)

(0.0173)

(0.0248)

Separated

   

0.00560

-0.0391

    

(0.0339)

(0.0742)

Divorced

   

-0.0446**

0.0124

    

(0.0226)

(0.0372)

Widowed

   

-0.00304

0.227*

    

(0.0599)

(0.128)

Never Married

   

0.000745

-0.00893

    

(0.0193)

(0.0277)

GHQ

   

0.000129

0.000843

    

(0.00178)

(0.00252)

Spouse employed

    

0.0604***

     

(0.0217)

Observations

7210

7174

7028

6779

3418

Household controls

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Region and Wave dummies

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  1. Source: BHPS, waves 1–18. Robust standard errors in parentheses. ***p <0.01, **p <0.05, *p <0.1.
  2. The reference category for marital status is “Married”, and for education it is “Low”.
  3. The dependent variable is constructed from the question: “Have you looked for a job last week?”
  4. Log of Household income per capita is ln(HH income). Household controls include size and number of children.
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