Table A2.

Descriptive Statistics for the Number of Assigned Skills Subcategories, Applicant Results at the Person-Level, 2010–2020.

(1)(2)
Average number of assigned skills subcategories1.872.74
(Standard deviation)(2.23)(2.71)
Share with 0 skills0.3370.250
Share with 1 skill0.2570.199
Share with 2 skills0.1430.141
Share with 3 skills0.0810.099
Share with 4 skills0.0520.070
Share with 5 skills0.0340.049
Share with 6 skills0.0240.037
Share with 7 skills0.0170.028
Share with 8+ skills0.0550.127
N345,420345,420

Notes: Authors' calculations based on BuscoJobs database. We defined dummy variables for each of the 14 skills subcategory that are set equal to one whenever at least one of the relevant unique skills is present in an observation, and equal to zero otherwise. See Section 2 for the definition of the 14 skills subcategories. Column (1) refers to the number of assigned skills subcategories when using the initial keywords and expressions, whereas column (2) pertains to those assigned when also considering synonyms. The applicants' data were aggregated at the person-level.

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