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Table 9 Unemployment effect on primary minus secondary job differences in skills and working conditions

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

 

Base specification

Base + MSA FE

Dependent variable

−1.618**

−0.530

 Skill index difference

(0.384)

(0.610)

R 2

0.193

0.201

Dependent variable

0.753*

0.234

 Working conditions diff

(0.377)

(0.612)

R 2

0.243

0.249

Observations

46,259

46,259

  1. See notes in Tables 1 and 2. Shown are coefficients on a 3-month average unemployment rate. Dependent variables are skill and working condition differences in the primary and secondary jobs, SK1−SK2 and WC1−WC2
  2. *Significant at 0.05 level; **significant at 0.01 level