Table 4 Average earnings, wages and hours

From: Evaluating search and matching models using experimental data

British Columbia
	Average Monthly Earnings			Average Hourly Wage			Average Monthly Hours
	Control	Program		Control	Program		Control	Program
Month	Group	Group	p-value	Group	Group	p-value	Group	Group	p-value
1	763	698	0.240	8.96	9.22	0.731	92	91	0.858
6	965	967	0.976	10.00	8.98	0.048	104	117	0.034
12	970	1,010	0.462	10.37	8.44	0.000	106	123	0.001
18	1,066	1,072	0.922	10.61	8.86	0.000	112	125	0.020
24	1,186	1,124	0.424	10.73	8.83	0.000	119	130	0.033
30	1,184	1,177	0.922	10.44	9.11	0.003	121	130	0.076
36	1,321	1,199	0.111	10.88	9.59	0.003	123	127	0.474
42	1,402	1,386	0.825	11.07	10.25	0.020	131	135	0.481
48	1,431	1,433	0.978	11.23	10.94	0.440	134	135	0.831
53	1,447	1,443	0.963	11.10	11.26	0.688	132	135	0.559
1-53			0.5961			0.0448			0.2660
New Brunswick
	Average Monthly Earnings			Average Hourly Wage			Average Monthly Hours
	Control	Program		Control	Program		Control	Program
Month	Group	Group	p-value	Group	Group	p-value	Group	Group	p-value
1	547	491	0.240	5.98	6.07	0.770	94	87	0.171
6	613	732	0.002	6.40	6.33	0.799	100	116	0.001
12	726	759	0.476	6.50	6.29	0.374	111	121	0.027
18	775	798	0.553	6.80	6.19	0.008	113	129	0.000
24	797	845	0.281	7.10	6.47	0.012	113	128	0.000
30	839	862	0.617	6.99	6.62	0.094	117	128	0.017
36	839	853	0.749	7.13	6.72	0.067	113	126	0.002
42	902	929	0.526	7.13	6.95	0.381	123	131	0.063
48	932	971	0.346	7.31	7.23	0.680	125	134	0.021
53	923	990	0.134	7.45	7.60	0.492	122	130	0.061
1-53			0.1507			0.5801			0.0341

Note: p-values are for a t-test of equality of means between the control and treatment groups in the selected months. The joint test for months 1-53 is conducted by regressing the dependent variable on time and program status dummies. Observations with zero hours or wages are excluded

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