Table 5.
Differences between groups defined by job characteristics and across months in predicted probabilities of being employed and at work and hours worked for the unincorporated self-employed (RE models)
| Differences between groups | Employed and at work | Hours worked | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March–Feb | April–Feb | May–Feb | March–Feb | April–Feb | May–Feb | |
| Panel A. All unincorporated self-employed (N = 7988) | ||||||
| Remote job-not remote job | − 0.00 (0.02) | 0.09** (0.03) | 0.04 (0.04) | − 0.59 (0.77) | 2.47* (1.08) | 0.91 (1.45) |
| Essential-not essential industry | 0.02 (0.02) | 0.23** (0.03) | 0.16** (0.04) | 0.73 (0.84) | 10.76** (1.44) | 7.41** (1.55) |
| Panel B. All married (N = 5141) | ||||||
| Remote job-not remote job | − 0.01 (0.02) | 0.08* (0.03) | 0.03 (0.04) | − 0.47 (0.94) | 2.21 (1.32) | 0.21 (1.76) |
| Essential industry-not essential industry | 0.03 (0.02) | 0.23** (0.04) | 0.09 (0.05) | 1.42 (1.09) | 11.61** (1.48) | 6.98** (1.95) |
| Panel C. Married mothers (N = 860) | ||||||
| Remote job-not remote job | 0.00 (0.05) | 0.12 (0.07) | 0.08 (0.09) | 2.39 (2.00) | 5.27* (2.57) | 2.21 (3.11) |
| Essential industry-not essential industry | 0.00 (0.05) | 0.27** (0.07) | 0.16 (0.09) | 0.73 (2.05) | 11.28** (2.57) | 9.99** (3.07) |
| Panel D. Married fathers (N = 1262) | ||||||
| Remote job-not remote job | − 0.02 (0.03) | 0.15** (0.06) | − 0.01 (0.08) | − 3.25 (2.03) | 2.75 (2.83) | − 2.92 (3.95) |
| Essential industry-not essential industry | 0.08 (0.05) | 0.23** (0.09) | 0.18 (0.13) | 0.72 (3.05) | 8.71* (4.13) | 8.63 (6.04) |
| Panel E. Married women no children (N = 1184) | ||||||
| Remote job-not remote job | − 0.07 (0.04) | 0.00 (0.07) | 0.04 (0.09) | − 2.74 (1.69) | − 0.04 (2.47) | 3.34 (3.48) |
| Essential industry-not essential industry | − 0.03(0.04) | 0.22** (0.07) | 0.06 (0.09) | 1.77 (1.62) | 11.92** (2.34) | 5.42 (3.36) |
| Panel F. Married men no children (N = 1835) | ||||||
| Remote job-not remote job | 0.02 (0.03) | 0.04 (0.06) | − 0.05 (0.07) | 1.60 (1.52) | 1.83 (2.36) | − 2.72 (3.10) |
| Essential industry-not essential industry | 0.09 (0.05) | 0.18* (0.07) | 0.00 (0.08) | 1.85 (1.85) | 10.51** (2.69) | 4.35 (3.08) |
Notes: Each panel represents differences for separate regressions by sub-sample. All workers were employed and at work in February. Standard errors in parentheses are clustered by household. See Table 1 for control variables; * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01
Source: Authors’ calculations based on the Current Population Survey, February–May 2020