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Table 3 Construction sector employment as predictor of unemployment

From: Feeling useless: the effect of unemployment on mental health in the Great Recession

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Variables

Unemployed

Unemployed

Unemployed

Unemployed

Unemployed

Unemployed

Employment growth

− 2.571***

     
 

(0.603)

     

Employment growth

      

(construction)

 

− 2.340***

− 2.258***

− 2.325***

-2.429***

− 2.454***

  

(0.582)

(0.451)

(0.395)

(0.420)

(0.456)

Employment growth

      

(not construction)

 

− 0.278

    
  

(0.968)

    

Cell fixed effects

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Year fixed effects

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Survey years

2001–2011

2001–2011

2001–2011

2001–2011

2001–2011

2006–2011

Observations

46,358

46,358

46,358

46,275

46,358

25,544

R-squared

0.067

0.067

0.067

0.085

0.081

0.068

IV: F-statistic

18.17

12.82

25.03

34.69

33.41

29.01

  1. Robust standard errors clustered at the cell level in parentheses: ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1. Sample are the years 2001 to 2011 except for column (6) where the sample is only 2006 and 2011. Regressions in columns (1), (2), (3), and (6) use cells defined by provinces, sex, and a dummy of age < 40. Column (4) uses two age dummies < 30, > 50. Column (5) instead adds a dummy for college education
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