Table 2.
Determinants of Cognitive Demands (OLS Regression).
| Demand is Stressful A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Tasks | Improve Work | Unlearned Things | New Tasks | Unlearned Things | |
| Gender | |||||
| Men | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
| Women | −0.0761 *** | −0.0427 *** | −0.0248 *** | 0.0442 *** | 0.0966 *** |
| (0.0075) | (0.0071) | (0.0075) | (0.0090) | (0.0267) | |
| Age | |||||
| 15–34 | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
| 35–54 | −0.0225 * | −0.0207 * | −0.0276 ** | 0.0340 ** | −0.023 |
| (0.0100) | (0.0096) | (0.0100) | (0.0104) | (0.0314) | |
| 55–65 | −0.0521 *** | −0.0634 *** | −0.0684 *** | 0.0988 *** | 0.0901 * |
| (0.0110) | (0.0104) | (0.0110) | (0.0127) | (0.0371) | |
| Schooling | |||||
| Low | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
| Intermediate | 0.0565 *** | 0.0153 | 0.0221 | −0.0282 | −0.0214 |
| (0.0114) | (0.0102) | (0.0115) | (0.0181) | (0.0427) | |
| High | 0.1924 *** | 0.1154 *** | 0.0714 *** | −0.0713 *** | −0.0916 * |
| (0.0115) | (0.0104) | (0.0116) | (0.0176) | (0.0421) | |
| Occupational status | |||||
| Blue-collar | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
| White-collar | 0.1193 *** | 0.0985 *** | 0.0551 *** | −0.0334 | −0.047 |
| (0.0117) | (0.0102) | (0.0119) | (0.0186) | (0.0437) | |
| Civil sevant | 0.1847 *** | 0.1498 *** | 0.1793 *** | 0.0385 | 0.0376 |
| (0.0181) | (0.0166) | (0.0181) | (0.0254) | (0.0610) | |
| Self-employed | 0.2003 *** | 0.2207 *** | 0.0273 | −0.0706 ** | −0.1430 * |
| (0.0178) | (0.0167) | (0.0176) | (0.0222) | (0.0620) | |
| Sector | |||||
| Public sector | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
| Manufacture | 0.0690 *** | 0.0622 *** | 0.0374 ** | −0.0663 *** | −0.1013 * |
| (0.0115) | (0.0110) | (0.0116) | (0.0135) | (0.0412) | |
| Craft | −0.0033 | −0.0444 *** | 0.0336 * | −0.0964 *** | −0.1455 ** |
| (0.0151) | (0.0134) | (0.0151) | (0.0185) | (0.0526) | |
| Service | −0.0332 *** | −0.0329 *** | −0.0180 | −0.0710 *** | −0.0783 * |
| (0.0099) | (0.0091) | (0.0098) | (0.0126) | (0.0375) | |
| Other | −0.0352 ** | −0.0085 | 0.0103 | −0.0335 | −0.0827 |
| (0.0135) | (0.0126) | (0.0135) | (0.0175) | (0.0478) | |
| Constant | 0.2719 *** | 0.1964 *** | 0.3209 *** | 0.2486 *** | 0.5362 *** |
| (0.0173) | (0.0159) | (0.0175) | (0.0254) | (0.0627) | |
| Adj. R2 | 0.0538 | 0.0388 | 0.0170 | 0.0345 | 0.0460 |
| N | 18,554 | 18,532 | 18,535 | 8235 | 1561 |
A Corresponds to the subgroup of individuals who reported frequently facing the specific cognitive demand; Note: * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001; Robust standard errors in parentheses. Source: Own calculations based on the BIBB/BAuA Employment Survey 2018, unweighted results.