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Table 9 Do the unhappily unemployed search for work?

From: The unhappily unemployed return to work faster

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

 

Basic

All controls

Men

Women

Loss

0.0611**

0.0582**

0.0894***

-0.00637

 

(0.0284)

(0.0286)

(0.0346)

(0.0476)

Age

-0.00337***

-0.00365**

-0.00463**

-0.00184

 

(0.00123)

(0.00156)

(0.00188)

(0.00268)

Male

0.189***

0.192***

  
 

(0.0289)

(0.0294)

  

Educ: Middle

0.0833**

0.0766**

0.0132

0.203***

 

(0.0339)

(0.0343)

(0.0410)

(0.0603)

Educ: High

0.0722**

0.0754**

0.0379

0.135**

 

(0.0343)

(0.0345)

(0.0432)

(0.0568)

Observations

1238

1235

755

480

Household controls

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Region dummies

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Unemployment rate

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

  1. Standard errors in parentheses. ***p <0.01, **p <0.05, *p <0.1. HH controls are marital status and household size. Dependent variable is answer to “Have you looked for any kind of paid job last week?”, which is a 0/1 dummy.