Multiple job holding, local labor markets, and the business cycle

Hirsch, Barry T.; Husain, Muhammad M.; Winters, John V.

doi:10.1186/s40172-016-0044-x

Table 10 Unemployment effects on multiple job holding, full coefficient results

From: Multiple job holding, local labor markets, and the business cycle

	Sub-base specification	Base specification	Base + MSA FE
MSA unemployment rate	−0.192**	−0.207**	−0.030
	(0.032)	(0.030)	(0.023)
Ages 20–24	0.008**	0.008**	0.008**
	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.001)
Ages 25–29	0.008**	0.008**	0.008**
	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.002)
Ages 30–34	0.010**	0.010**	0.011**
	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.002)
Ages 35–39	0.011**	0.011**	0.011**
	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.002)
Ages 40–44	0.012**	0.012**	0.013**
	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.002)
Ages 45–49	0.012**	0.012**	0.012**
	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.002)
Ages 50–54	0.010**	0.010**	0.010**
	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.002)
Ages 55–59	0.005**	0.005**	0.006**
	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.002)
Ages 60–65	−0.004*	−0.003	−0.003
	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.002)
High school graduate	0.008**	0.008**	0.008**
	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)
Some college, no degree	0.022**	0.022**	0.022**
	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)
Associate’s degree	0.026**	0.025**	0.025**
	(0.002)	(0.001)	(0.001)
Bachelor’s degree	0.026**	0.026**	0.026**
	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.002)
Graduate degree	0.035**	0.035**	0.036**
	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.002)
Female	−0.013**	−0.013**	−0.013**
	(0.0005)	(0.0005)	(0.0005)
Black	−0.006**	−0.003*	−0.002
	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)
Asian	−0.015**	−0.015**	−0.015**
	(0.002)	(0.001)	(0.001)
Hispanic	−0.009**	−0.007**	−0.006**
	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)
Other non-white	0.006**	0.005*	0.005*
	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.002)
Married	−0.013**	−0.013**	−0.013**
	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)
Never married	−0.009**	−0.009**	−0.009**
	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)
Foreign born, citizen	−0.003	−0.001	0.000
	(0.002)	(0.001)	(0.001)
Foreign born, not citizen	−0.008**	−0.005**	−0.005**
	(0.002)	(0.001)	(0.001)
Public sector	0.010**	0.009**	0.009**
	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)
Has kids ages 0–5 in household	−0.005**	−0.005**	−0.005**
	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)
Has kids ages 6–17 in household	0.00002	−0.00017	−0.00015
	(0.0005)	(0.0005)	(0.0005)
Weekly hours 0–29	0.058**	0.058**	0.058**
	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.002)
Weekly hours 30–34	0.054**	0.054**	0.053**
	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.002)
Weekly hours 35–39	0.024**	0.024**	0.024**
	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.001)
Weekly hours 40	0.003**	0.003**	0.003**
	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)
Weekly hours 41–49	0.010**	0.010**	0.009**
	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)
Weekly hours 50+	−0.004**	−0.004**	−0.004**
	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)
Union member	0.005**	0.004**	0.004**
	(0.002)	(0.001)	(0.001)
Log real hourly wage	−0.005**	−0.004**	−0.004**
	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)
Occupation dummies	Yes	Yes	Yes
Industry dummies	Yes	Yes	Yes
Month dummies	Yes	Yes	Yes
Year dummies	Yes	Yes	Yes
Region dummies	No	Yes	No
MSA size dummies	No	Yes	No
MSA fixed effects	No	No	Yes
R ²	0.017	0.018	0.019
N	1,850,757	1,850,757	1,850,757

The MSA unemployment rate is a 3-month average, measured from 0 to 1. Robust standard errors, clustered on MSA, are in parentheses. Excluded reference groups include those ages 18–19, high school dropouts, male, white, formerly married, native-born citizen, private sector, no children in household, weekly hours vary, and not union member
*Significant at 0.05 level; **significant at 0.01 level

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