Table A2

Effect of recipient and respondent characteristics on the earnings retention rate considered adequate (below 100%, 100%, above 100%): average marginal effect

Model 1Model 2
Earnings retention rate considered adequate<100100>100<100100>100
Vignette dimensions
Male (ref: female)0.002 (0.008)0.001 (0.005)−0.003 (0.013)−0.003 (0.008)−0.002 (0.005)0.006 (0.013)
Cohabitating couple (ref)–––– –––– 
Single individual0.032** (0.010)0.022** (0.007)−0.054** (0.017)0.027** (0.010)0.018* (0.007)−0.046** (0.018)
Single parent0.037** (0.011)0.025** (0.008)−0.062** (0.019)0.039** (0.011)0.027** (0.008)−0.066** (0.019)
Cohabitating couple with child−0.015 (0.011)−0.010 (0.008)0.025 (0.019)−0.015 (0.011)−0.010 (0.008)0.025 (0.019)
No health impairments (ref)–––– –––– 
Frequent back pain0.021* (0.009)0.014* (0.006)−0.035* (0.016)0.019* (0.009)0.013* (0.006)−0.032* (0.015)
Depressive episodes0.022* (0.010)0.015* (0.007)−0.037* (0.017)0.020* (0.010)0.013* (0.007)−0.033* (0.016)
Monthly earnings €100 (ref)–––– –––– 
Monthly earnings €400−0.189** (0.010)−0.129** (0.010)0.319** (0.016)−0.194** (0.010)−0.132** (0.010)0.326** (0.015)
Monthly earnings €600−0.236** (0.011)−0.161** (0.011)0.398** (0.014)−0.238** (0.010)−0.161** (0.011)0.399** (0.014)
Monthly earnings €1,000−0.345** (0.018)−0.235** (0.011)0.580** (0.018)−0.347** (0.018)−0.235** (0.012)0.581** (0.017)
Respondent attributes
Age
29 years or younger   −0.016 (0.022)−0.011 (0.015)0.026 (0.037)
30–39 years (ref)   –––– 
40–49 years   0.003 (0.018)0.002 (0.012)−0.005 (0.030)
50–59 years   −0.002 (0.018)−0.002 (0.012)0.004 (0.030)
60 years or older   −0.009 (0.024)−0.006 (0.017)0.016 (0.041)
Female (ref: male)   0.007 (0.013)0.005 (0.009)−0.011 (0.022
Children (ref: yes)   −0.009 (0.017)−0.006 (0.011)0.015 (0.028)
Eastern Germany (ref: Western Germany)   0.012 (0.014)0.008 (0.009)−0.020 (0.024)
German nationality (ref: yes)   0.010 (0.030)0.007 (0.021)−0.017 (0.051)
Education
No vocational degree   −0.028 (0.032)−0.021 (0.026)0.049 (0.058)
Vocational training or upper secondary school degree (ref) –––– 
University degree   −0.000 (0.014)−0.000 (0.010)0.001 (0.024)
No information on education   0.029 (0.058)0.018 (0.033)−0.048 (0.091)
Monthly net household income
Less than €1,000   0.012 (0.036)0.008 (0.023)−0.020 (0.060)
€1,000 to less than €2,000   −0.006 (0.020)−0.004 (0.013)0.010 (0.033)
€2,000 to less than €3,000 (ref)   –––– 
€3,000 to less than €4,000   0.002 (0.020)0.001 (0.014)−0.003 (0.034)
€4,000 to less than €5,000   0.004 (0.021)0.003 (0.014)−0.007 (0.036)
€5,000 or more   0.004 (0.023)0.003 (0.015)−0.007 (0.038)
No information on net income   −0.088** (0.031)−0.084* (0.040)0.172* (0.069)
Number of persons in household
1-Person household   0.011 (0.019)0.007 (0.012)−0.017 (0.031)
2-Person household (ref)   –––– 
3-Person household   −0.016 (0.017)−0.012 (0.012)0.028 (0.030)
4-Person household   −0.005 (0.020)−0.003 (0.014)0.008 (0.034)
5-Person household   −0.045* (0.023)−0.035 (0.019)0.080 (0.042)
Party preference
Christian conservative party   −0.056** (0.018)−0.039** (0.013)0.095** (0.031)
Social democratic party   −0.007 (0.023)−0.004 (0.014)0.011 (0.036)
Right-wing populist party (AfD)   −0.046 (0.033)−0.031 (0.024)0.077 (0.057)
Liberal democratic party   −0.063* (0.027)−0.044* (0.021)0.107* (0.048)
Left-wing party (DIE LINKE)   0.008 (0.028)0.004 (0.016)−0.012 (0.044)
Green party (ref)   –––– 
Other party   0.013 (0.035)0.007 (0.019)−0.020 (0.054)
No party preference   −0.055** (0.018)−0.037** (0.013)0.092** (0.031)
Apolitical   −0.037 (0.022)−0.024 (0.015)0.061 (0.037)
No information on party preference   −0.108** (0.025)−0.092** (0.029)0.199** (0.053)
Employment status
Regular employment (including short term work) (ref)   –––– 
Civil servant   0.032 (0.060)0.020 (0.036)−0.052 (0.096)
Self-employed   −0.022 (0.056)−0.017 (0.046)0.038 (0.101)
Marginally employed   −0.021 (0.046)−0.016 (0.037)0.038 (0.083)
School/vocational training/student   0.011 (0.031)0.008 (0.021)−0.019 (0.052)
Pensioner   −0.017 (0.028)−0.013 (0.022)0.030 (0.049)
Unemployed   0.057* (0.028)0.035* (0.015)−0.092* (0.043)
Other  0.047 (0.029)0.029 (0.017)−0.077 (0.046)
Labour market history
Regular employment, 2014–2019 (in years)−0.008 (0.005)−0.005 (0.003)0.013 (0.008)
Marginal employment, 2014–2019 (in years)−0.000 (0.005)−0.000 (0.003)0.000 (0.008)
Never received unemployment benefits (ref: received unemployment benefits)−0.011 (0.012)−0.007 (0.008)0.018 (0.021)
Ever received means-tested basic income support (ref: no)0.017 (0.017)0.012 (0.012)−0.028 (0.029)
Dummy: last position = part time0.014 (0.016)0.009 (0.011)−0.023 (0.027)
Last daily wage   −0.000 (0.000)−0.000 (0.000)0.000 (0.000)
Responses (vignettes)3,456 3,456 
Respondents868 868 
Pseudo R20.19 0.21 

Note(s): *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01. Estimated marginal effects and standard errors (in parentheses). Vignette position was controlled for in both models and had no effect

Source(s): Authors' own calculations, ordered logit models

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