Table 1

Sample Description

RoutineNRMNRCAll Workers
MeanSDMeanSDMeanSDMeanSD
Log(daily wage)4.320.334.140.434.480.394.320.38
Imputed log(daily wage)4.370.384.160.454.750.524.440.48
Share censored5.652.4732.4212.62
RTI0.430.150.360.160.260.110.380.16
NRMTI0.360.170.380.150.170.130.320.17
NRCTI0.210.180.260.190.570.180.300.23
Job tenure in years6.366.564.966.015.686.165.976.41
Share of high-skilled workers in firm5.788.915.528.3117.6620.568.2913.26
Share of low-skilled workers in firm17.3614.5620.2116.0213.4513.1617.0114.69
Share of foreign workers in firm9.8913.8413.4117.338.0113.6910.0914.57
Share of female workers in firm21.2919.2030.0323.0336.9323.5426.1821.93
Share of part-time workers in firm5.099.158.8114.1510.9814.027.0011.59
Share in small firms (0–19 employees)24.9819.5022.7323.55
Share in medium firms (20–250 employees)41.6144.8739.7541.77
Share in large firms (251–999 employees)17.6518.4619.3518.16
Share in very large firms (1000+ employees)15.1316.5217.5815.90
Missing0.630.660.600.63
Share in agriculture and forestry0.190.160.120.17
Share in fishery0.010.000.000.01
Share in mining industry1.480.340.381.04
Share in manufacturing industry42.6630.9226.2337.09
Share in energy and water supply industry1.380.290.861.08
Share in construction industry17.463.092.7211.80
Share in trade and repair industry13.6617.6212.7514.15
Share in catering industry0.454.635.642.30
Share in transport and news industry7.7210.072.727.05
Share in finance and insurance industry0.560.359.672.48
Share in economic services industry6.5617.2616.6810.59
Share in public services industry4.254.464.524.35
Share in education industry0.421.074.211.35
Share in health industry0.824.758.303.12
Share in other industry1.744.334.582.80
Missing0.640.660.610.64
Share in top 3 industries with highest collective bargaining commitment22.277.9016.9118.62
Share in bottom 3 industries with lowest collective bargaining commitment21.8332.3121.1123.49
Share of foreign workers11.6018.726.8711.82
Share without vocational training11.2120.462.7010.97
Share with upper secondary school leaving certificate or vocational training84.4873.8169.4079.38
Share with university degree or university of applied sciences degree2.171.6325.337.07
Missing2.154.092.572.58
Share in age group 18–2515.8718.7610.4515.20
Share in age group 26–3530.4231.1938.4332.28
Share in age group 36–4528.4527.3030.0228.59
Share in age group 46–5525.2722.7521.1123.94
Share in district-free cities29.9335.9641.4733.47
Share in urban districts44.3943.0239.7243.15
Share in rural districts, some densely populated areas14.1612.2210.4813.03
Share in rural districts, sparsely populated10.888.147.739.73
Missing0.640.660.600.63
Number of separations to employment258,28484,761101,819444,864
Number of separations to nonemployment450,502168,768123,420742,690
Number of employment spells3,448,117976,9051,216,2195,641,241
Number of workers338,384164,654171,454465,131
  • Source: SIAB and BHP 1985–2014. Authors’ calculations.

  • Notes: Employment spells are split by calendar year. Shares are expressed in percent. All statistics are estimated after dropping censored spells (except imputed wages and the share of censored spells). NRM, nonroutine manual; NRC, nonroutine cognitive; RTI, routine task intensity; NRMTI, nonroutine manual task intensity; NRCTI, nonroutine cognitive task intensity.