Appendix C: Average Characteristics by Rank a
Position |
Wage |
Edu. |
Exp. |
Woman (%) |
German (%) |
Married (%) |
Skill Index |
Blue-C | |||||||
Unskilled |
0 |
9.4 |
27.8 |
63.3 |
64.5 |
63.7 |
-0.23 |
Semi-skilled |
0.37 |
9.8 |
26.8 |
41.1 |
79.2 |
60.8 |
-0.10 |
Skilled |
0.66 |
10.6 |
22.4 |
9.5 |
89.2 |
49.5 |
0.02 |
Foreman |
1.05 |
10.4 |
26.6 |
3.1 |
92.8 |
80.5 |
0.07 |
Master Crafts. |
1.11 |
10.9 |
25.9 |
1.42 |
98.4 |
61.3 |
0.10 |
White-C | |||||||
Simple duties |
0 |
10.9 |
22.2 |
81.8 |
94.6 |
48.4 |
-0.26 |
Qualified |
0.64 |
11.8 |
21.7 |
62.7 |
96.5 |
50.7 |
-0.12 |
Managerial |
2.09 |
14.3 |
21.9 |
25.1 |
96.2 |
65.5 |
0.27 |
C.E.O |
2.85 |
13.8 |
27.0 |
0.59 |
98.2 |
48.9 |
0.30 |
Civil Servant | |||||||
Lower |
0 |
10.7 |
25.4 |
14.4 |
100 |
64.5 |
0.01 |
Middle |
0.50 |
11.5 |
21.5 |
23.1 |
100 |
58.2 |
0.06 |
Upper |
1.23 |
14.9 |
22.3 |
36.7 |
99.6 |
64.2 |
0.23 |
Executive |
2.24 |
17.7 |
24.6 |
14.8 |
99.8 |
77.5 |
0.60 |
Genericc | |||||||
Lower rank |
0 |
10.1 |
25.5 |
58.9 |
82.7 |
56.9 |
-0.17 |
Middle rank |
0.49 |
11.3 |
21.9 |
39.0 |
94.0 |
50.8 |
-0.05 |
Upper rank |
1.67 |
13.9 |
22.7 |
25.1 |
96.6 |
67.1 |
0.23 |
Executive rank |
2.46 |
16.1 |
25.3 |
14.4 |
99.1 |
66.2 |
0.48 |
a-Based on a sample of 11159 observations (3487 workers).
b-Mean wage differentials relative to the first rank monthly average real
wage is (in thousands of marks) 1.37 for blue-collared, 1.41 for white-
collared, 1.93 for civil servants and 1.58 for level 1 of the aggregate positions.
c-For the blue-collars, rank 1 is composed of unskilled and semi-skilled work.
Appendix D: Testa of the Predictive Power of Instruments
Within |
Within & Between | |||
CA |
CA + Learning |
CA |
CA + Learning | |
wt-1 |
6.31 |
12.99 |
5.24 |
10.50 |
(0.0001) |
(0.0001) |
(0.0001) |
(0.0001) | |
Rank Mt |
- |
3.48 |
- |
5.22 |
(0.0008) |
(0.0001) | |||
Rank Ut |
- |
3.29 |
- |
13.17 |
(0.0005) |
(0.0001) | |||
Rank EXt |
- |
14.72 |
- |
20.56 |
(0.0001) |
(0.0001) |
a- F-test from regressions of the instrumented variables on the exogenous
variables and the instruments. p-value are in parenthesis.
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