TABLE 6.

Effects of economic cycle on the importance of skills.

	Required skills			Wages
	b	p	N	b	p	N
	(SE)			(SE)
Self-regulation skills
Working independently	−0.049		63,833	0.033		57,778
	(0.297)			(0.018)
Working to plan	−0.376		64,429	0.000		58,298
	(0.201)			(0.03)
Alertness	0.111		64,980	−0.023		58,757
	(0.372)			(0.035)
Social skills
Explaining	0.257		64,036	−0.048	*	57,963
	(0.301)			(0.021)
Collaboration	−0.255	*	63,885	−0.034		57,827
	(0.102)			(0.021)
Knowledge and innovation skills
Information gathering	0.199		64,979	0.067	**	58,752
	(0.207)			(0.023)
Creativity	0.179		64,113	−0.015		58,024
	(0.214)			(0.029)
Learning ability	−0.030		64,082	0.008		58,000
	(0.21)			(0.015)
Logical reasoning	−0.743	*	64,448	0.019		58,291
	(0.289)			(0.029)
Work-related knowledge and skills
Occupation-specific knowledge	−0.320		65,588	−0.026		59,250
	(0.251)			(0.018)
Interdisciplinary knowledge	−0.435		65,215	0.002		58,940
	(0.319)			(0.023)
Digital literacy	−0.159		64,981	0.046		58,755
	(0.227)			(0.034)

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01. Note. All analyses include controls for gender, age, broad field of study and region of work f (see Supplementary Appendix A, Tables A1, A2 for details). The stars that indicate the level of significance have to be put closer to the parameters.