Variables | Definition of the variables | Mean | St. Dev. |
lnEW | Natural logarithm of hourly expected wage | 2.038 | 0.332 |
lnUD | Natural logarithm of unemployment duration | 4.660 | 1.492 |
lnRW | Natural logarithm of hourly reservation wage | 1.864 | 0.310 |
AGE | Age | 30.938 | 8.646 |
lnLW | Natural logarithm of the wage the person received from the previous job | 6.348 | 2.067 |
GENDER | Gender (1 = male, 0 = female) | 0.607 | 0.488 |
EDUC | Education (1 = illiterate, 2 = elementary school, 3 = secondary school, 4 = high school, 5 = university, 6 = master or higher) | 3.857 | 1.158 |
VOCTRN | Sum of duration of vocational training ve apprenticeship period (in months) | 3.558 | 8.942 |
FORLANG | Number of foreign languages person speaks | 1.030 | 0.196 |
RESIDENT | Place of residence (1 = metropolis , 0 = other ) | 0.641 | 0.480 |
JOBOFFER | Number of job offers received | 0.515 | 1.063 |
INSURNC | Duration under social security coverage (in months) | 48.712 | 55.118 |
DISAB | If the person has any disability (1 = yes, 0 = no) | 0.050 | 0.218 |
METHOD | Number of job seeking methods person uses | 2.299 | 1.110 |
COMPENS | If the person receives unemployment aid or state assistance (0 = does not receive any, 1 = receives one of them) | 0.108 | 0.310 |