Average marginal effects of structural characteristics, retirement age norm and stereotypes on preferring younger or older workers for offering a permanent contract
| Permanent contract | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prefer younger workers | Neutral | Prefer older workers | ||||
| AME | SE | AME | SE | AME | SE | |
| Organisational characteristics | ||||||
| Sector (ref.=public sector) | ||||||
| Industry | 0.10* | 0.04 | −0.10* | 0.04 | −0.01 | 0.01 |
| Services and trade | 0.05 | 0.04 | −0.03 | 0.04 | −0.01 | 0.01 |
| Size (ref.=small) | ||||||
| Medium | −0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Large | −0.10** | 0.03 | 0.11** | 0.04 | −0.01 | 0.02 |
| Proportion of older employees | 0.11 | 0.07 | −0.08 | 0.07 | −0.03 | 0.03 |
| Proportion flexible contract employees | 0.34*** | 0.07 | −0.35*** | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Proportion part-time employees | −0.01 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.06 | −0.03 | 0.02 |
| Manager’s characteristics | ||||||
| Female (ref.=male) | −0.15*** | 0.03 | 0.16*** | 0.03 | −0.01 | 0.01 |
| Age | −0.004* | 0.00 | 0.003* | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.00 |
| Retirement age norm | −0.01** | 0.00 | 0.01** | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Hard qualities stereotypes | −0.05 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.04 | −0.01 | 0.01 |
| Soft qualities stereotypes | −0.07 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| n | 960 | |||||
| χ²(24) | 110.19*** | |||||
| McFadden’s (pseudo) R2 | 0.102 | |||||
| Permanent contract | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prefer younger workers | Neutral | Prefer older workers | ||||
| AME | SE | AME | SE | AME | SE | |
| Sector (ref.=public sector) | ||||||
| Industry | 0.10* | 0.04 | −0.10* | 0.04 | −0.01 | 0.01 |
| Services and trade | 0.05 | 0.04 | −0.03 | 0.04 | −0.01 | 0.01 |
| Size (ref.=small) | ||||||
| Medium | −0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Large | −0.10** | 0.03 | 0.11** | 0.04 | −0.01 | 0.02 |
| Proportion of older employees | 0.11 | 0.07 | −0.08 | 0.07 | −0.03 | 0.03 |
| Proportion flexible contract employees | 0.34*** | 0.07 | −0.35*** | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Proportion part-time employees | −0.01 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.06 | −0.03 | 0.02 |
| Female (ref.=male) | −0.15*** | 0.03 | 0.16*** | 0.03 | −0.01 | 0.01 |
| Age | −0.004* | 0.00 | 0.003* | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.00 |
| Retirement age norm | −0.01** | 0.00 | 0.01** | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Hard qualities stereotypes | −0.05 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.04 | −0.01 | 0.01 |
| Soft qualities stereotypes | −0.07 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| 960 | ||||||
| 110.19*** | ||||||
| McFadden’s (pseudo) | 0.102 | |||||
Notes: AME, average marginal effect; SE, standard error. *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001
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