Table 8.
Variables definition and summary statistics
| Variable | Description | N | Mean |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied for STW | Discrete; 1 if applied for STW in t, 0 otherwise | 1045 | 0.05 |
| Period 10/13 | Discrete; 1 if t is 2010/13, 0 otherwise | 1045 | 0.50 |
| Manufacturing | Discrete; 1 if firm belongs to NACE code C, 0 otherwise | 1045 | 0.13 |
| Construction | Discrete; 1 if firm belongs to NACE code F, 0 otherwise | 1045 | 0.25 |
| Trade | Discrete; 1 if firm belongs to NACE code G, 0 otherwise | 1045 | 0.26 |
| Business services | Discrete; 1 if firm belongs to NACE codes H, I, J, L, M or N, 0 otherwise | 1045 | 0.35 |
| 1–4 employees | Discrete; 1 if firm had 1–4 employees at the end of 2013, 0 otherwise | 1045 | 0.20 |
| 5–19 employees | Discrete; 1 if firm had 5–19 employees at the end of 2013, 0 otherwise | 1045 | 0.34 |
| 20–49 employees | Discrete; 1 if firm had 20–49 employees at the end of 2013, 0 otherwise | 1045 | 0.27 |
| 50–199 employees | Discrete; 1 if firm had 50–199 employees at the end of 2013, 0 otherwise | 1045 | 0.14 |
| 200+ employees | Discrete; 1 if firm had 200 employees or more at the end of 2013, 0 otherwise | 1045 | 0.04 |
| Age of firm | Continuos, in years derived from the first year of operation | 1045 | 25.70 |
| Multi-establishment firm | Discrete; 1 if the firm was a multiple-establishment firm at the end of 2013, 0 otherwise | 1045 | 0.12 |
| FT perm. empl., share | Continuous; permanent full-time employees as a share of total employees at the end of 2007 | 1045 | 0.88 |
| PT perm. empl., share | Continuous; permanent part-time employees as a share of total employees at the end of 2007 | 1045 | 0.10 |
| High-skill empl., share | Continuous; employees belonging to ISCO classes 1, 2, 3, 7 or 8 as a share of total employees at the end of 2013 | 1045 | 0.60 |
| Tenure > 5 years, share | Continuous; employees with job tenure exceeding 5 years as a share of total employees at the end of 2013 | 1045 | 0.61 |
| Domestic revenue, share | Continuous; sales in the domestic market as a share of total sales in 2013 | 1045 | 0.75 |
| Collective pay agreement (based on 4.3) | Discrete; 1 if the proportion of employees covered in 2013 by any collective pay agreement is greater than 0, 0 otherwise | 1045 | 0.39 |
| Competition, severe/very | |||
| severe (index) | Continuous, weighted average; 1 = weak, 2 = moderate, 3 = severe, 4 = very severe, weighted by the respective market share in 2013 | 1045 | 0.80 |
| Relevant hiring obstacle: hiring costs | Discrete; 1 if firing costs were a relevant/very relevant obstacle in hiring workers with a permanent, open-ended contracts at the end of 2013, 0 otherwise | 1045 | 0.35 |
| Relevant hiring obstacle: firing costs | Discrete; 1 if hiring costs were a relevant/very relevant obstacle in hiring workers with a permanent, open-ended contracts at the end of 2013, 0 otherwise | 1045 | 0.50 |
| Relevant hiring obstacle: skilled labour | Discrete; 1 if insufficient availability of labour with the required skills was a relevant/very relevant obstacle in hiring workers with a permanent, open-ended contracts at the end of 2013, 0 otherwise | 1045 | 0.67 |