Table 5

Summary of results: firm closure sample

DiDFEMatching, FE
Sample 11 ≤ t* ≤ 5−0.334(0.013)***−0.323(0.008)***−0.323(0.013)***
t*= 1−0.542(0.008)***−0.541(0.005)***−0.548(0.010)***
t* = 5−0.206(0.030)***−0.189(0.022)***−0.200(0.037)***
Sample 21 ≤ t* ≤ 5−0.346(0.018)***−0.349(0.009)***−0.328(0.017)***
t*= 1−0.557(0.011)***−0.564(0.006)***−0.546(0.012)***
t* = 5−0.213(0.044)***−0.215(0.025)***−0.173(0.053)***
Sample 31 ≤ t* ≤ 5−0.349(0.018)***−0.352(0.009)***−0.331(0.016)***
t*= 1−0.557(0.011)***−0.564(0.006)***−0.550(0.014)***
t* = 5−0.217(0.045)***−0.220(0.026)***−0.209(0.051)***
Sample 41 ≤ t* ≤ 5−0.177(0.024)***−0.139(0.013)***−0.184(0.024)***
t*= 1−0.422(0.018)***−0.411(0.010)***−0.411(0.020)***
t* = 5−0.043(0.063)0.012(0.037)−0.037(0.069)
Sample 5 (reemployed by t* = 1)1 ≤ t* ≤ 5−0.014(0.035)0.051(0.014)***0.021(0.026)
t*= 1−0.013(0.022)0.013(0.013)−0.004(0.023)
t* = 5−0.008(0.075)0.101(0.040)**0.053(0.073)
Sample 5 (reemployed by t* = 2)2 ≤ t* ≤ 5−0.135(0.037)***−0.065(0.018)***−0.061(0.034)*
t*= 1  N/A  N/A  N/A
t* = 5−0.144(0.072)**−0.036(0.044)−0.031(0.073)
  • a. Number reported is the cost per year as a proportion of the income of the control group at the same point in time.

  • b. Robust standard errors in parentheses; standard errors for matching estimators are bootstrapped (50 replications).

  • *** significant at 1 percent;

  • ** significant at 5 percent;

  • * significant at 10 percent.

  • c. DiD and FE estimates include measures of sex, age, region, occupation, industry, union coverage, firm size and calendar time.