Table 3

Descriptive statistics on the variables

VariableMeanStd. Dev.
Job-to-job exit0.1950.396
Age dissimilarity, D-index14.0235.354
Education dissimilarity, D-index2.6461.280
Age38.25211.370
Age group ≤290.3090.462
Age group 30–490.5110.500
Age group ≥500.1490.356
Education years12.9762.618
Primary education0.1410.348
Secondary education0.5050.500
Tertiary education0.3540.478
Female0.3950.489
Married0.7020.457
Number of small children0.3210.658
Log (real income)5.2610.687
Share of females in the plant0.3900.315
Average age in the plant39.1496.339
Share of age group ≤29 in the plant0.2710.216
Share of age group 30–49 in the plant0.4870.198
Share of age group ≥50 in the plant0.2420.189
Average education years in the plant12.7591.596
Share of primary education in the plant0.1670.171
Share of secondary education in the plant0.5030.237
Share of tertiary education in the plant0.3310.276
Exporter0.4850.500
Importer0.3070.461
Publicly owned0.0490.215
Foreign owned0.1690.375
Log(productivity)6.9540.992
Employment change0.0560.310
Plant size 0–90.3010.459
Plant size 10–190.1630.370
Plant size 20–490.1890.392
Plant size 50–990.1150.319
Plant size 100–4990.1810.385
Plant size 500+0.0790.269
Plant starting year −19600.0070.084
Plant starting year 1961–19800.1040.305
Plant starting year 1981–20000.5060.500
Plant starting year 2001−0.3830.486
Plant starting year missing0.0350.184

Note(s): The number of observations is 9,765,320. Industry and year indicators are not reported

Source(s): Author’s own work

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