Table 2 Summary statistics: sample means (and standard deviations)
From: The costs of worker displacement in urban labor markets of China
| Â | Migrant | Urban | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Demographics | Displaced workers | Quitters# | Stayers | Displaced workers | Quitters# | Stayers |
Age | 33.466 | 31.162 | 31.758 | 46.470 | 38.345 | 38.519 |
| Â | (10.057) | (9.051) | (11.189) | (7.454) | (8.989) | (10.855) |
Male | 0.656 | 0.607 | 0.523 | 0.506 | 0.464 | 0.545 |
| Â | (0.476) | (0.489) | (0.500) | (0.500) | (0.499) | (0.498) |
Married | 0.670 | 0.655 | 0.592 | 0.926 | 0.852 | 0.775 |
| Â | (0.471) | (0.475) | (0.492) | (0.261) | (0.355) | (0.418) |
Yeas of education | 9.061 | 9.298 | 9.409 | 10.519 | 11.941 | 12.447 |
| Â | (2.661) | (2.478) | (2.692) | (2.765) | (3.228) | (3.443) |
Ownership of firm | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Working in SOE | 0.135 | 0.105 | 0.151 | 0.796 | 0.405 | 0.662 |
| Â | (0.342) | (0.306) | (0.358) | (0.403) | (0.491) | (0.473) |
Outcomes | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Spell of unemployment | 4.207 | 5.083 | -- | 17.151 | 8.307 | -- |
| Â | (10.028) | (11.513) | -- | (24.815) | (16.076) | -- |
Hours | 60.793 | 63.529 | 61.461 | 45.692 | 45.986 | 42.974 |
| Â | (18.102) | (17.871) | (17.194) | (12.457) | (11.648) | (10.163) |
Salary | 1352.183 | 1378.100 | 1382.712 | 1445.205 | 2094.696 | 2081.407 |
| Â | (560.291) | (668.263) | (703.382) | (1140.224) | (2357.869) | (1677.906) |
Informal employment | 0.388 | 0.315 | 0.288 | 0.174 | 0.136 | 0.064 |
| Â | (0.488) | (0.465) | (0.453) | (0.379) | (0.343) | (0.245) |
Self-employment | 0.112 | 0.258 | 0.236 | 0.086 | 0.112 | 0.055 |
| Â | (0.315) | (0.438) | (0.425) | (0.281) | (0.315) | (0.228) |
Health | 0.966 | 0.979 | 0.984 | 0.948 | 0.967 | 0.979 |
| Â | (0.180) | (0.144) | (0.126) | (0.222) | (0.178) | (0.143) |
Depressed | 0.103 | 0.051 | 0.050 | 0.050 | 0.041 | 0.026 |
| Â | (0.304) | (0.221) | (0.217) | (0.218) | (0.198) | (0.160) |
Happiness | 0.837 | 0.874 | 0.910 | 0.893 | 0.934 | 0.947 |
| Â | (0.370) | (0.332) | (0.287) | (0.309) | (0.248) | (0.225) |
BMI | 22.109 | 21.961 | 21.817 | 22.972 | 22.388 | 22.498 |
| Â | (3.079) | (2.921) | (2.955) | (2.798) | (2.874) | (2.813) |
Industry | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Manufacturing | 0.390 | 0.261 | 0.258 | 0.574 | 0.261 | 0.225 |
| Â | (0.488) | (0.439) | (0.438) | (0.495) | (0.439) | (0.418) |
Construction | 0.131 | 0.142 | 0.124 | 0.064 | 0.075 | 0.069 |
| Â | (0.338) | (0.349) | (0.329) | (0.245) | (0.263) | (0.253) |
Low-level service | 0.038 | 0.094 | 0.086 | 0.098 | 0.159 | 0.192 |
| Â | (0.191) | (0.292) | (0.280) | (0.297) | (0.365) | (0.394) |
Wholesale and retail trade | 0.209 | 0.255 | 0.289 | 0.134 | 0.215 | 0.099 |
| Â | (0.407) | (0.436) | (0.453) | (0.341) | (0.411) | (0.298) |
Hotel and catering services | 0.180 | 0.193 | 0.180 | 0.031 | 0.058 | 0.028 |
| Â | (0.385) | (0.395) | (0.385) | (0.172) | (0.233) | (0.166) |
High-level service | 0.052 | 0.055 | 0.063 | 0.099 | 0.234 | 0.387 |
| Â | (0.223) | (0.228) | (0.243) | (0.299) | (0.423) | (0.487) |
Occupation | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Principals in governments, parties, enterprises and institutions | 0.070 | 0.103 | 0.147 | 0.022 | 0.014 | 0.070 |
| Â | (0.255) | (0.303) | (0.354) | (0.148) | (0.119) | (0.255) |
Professional technicians | -- | -- | -- | 0.150 | 0.199 | 0.267 |
| Â | -- | -- | -- | (0.357) | (0.399) | (0.442) |
Clerk and relevant personnel | 0.195 | 0.218 | 0.187 | 0.153 | 0.181 | 0.243 |
| Â | (0.397) | (0.413) | (0.390) | (0.360) | (0.386) | (0.429) |
Commercial and service personnel | 0.366 | 0.415 | 0.421 | 0.205 | 0.348 | 0.185 |
| Â | (0.482) | (0.493) | (0.494) | (0.404) | (0.476) | (0.388) |
Manufacturing | 0.369 | 0.265 | 0.245 | 0.413 | 0.180 | 0.163 |
| Â | (0.483) | (0.442) | (0.430) | (0.493) | (0.384) | (0.370) |
Other practitioner (difficult to classify) | -- | -- | -- | 0.057 | 0.077 | 0.072 |
| Â | -- | -- | -- | (0.231) | (0.267) | (0.259) |
Observations | 358 | 3444 | 2184 | 1346 | 1598 | 3560 |