Table 2 Descriptive statistics—details (subsamples).
From: Another piece of the puzzle: Firms’ investment in training as production of optimal skills inventory
Total overage costs | Total underage costs | Number of observations | |
|---|---|---|---|
Training | 2.177 | 13.473 | 2658 |
Non-training | 2.351 | 7.527 | 594 |
Firm’s size (up to 9 employees) | 2.360 | 9.522 | 970 |
Firm’s size (10–49 employees) | 2.027 | 8.057 | 1267 |
Firm’s size (50–499 employees) | 2.625 | 7.057 | 822 |
Firm’s size (more than 500 employees) | 2.836 | 11.554 | 193 |
Firm’s age (up to 10 years old) | 2.390 | 8.610 | 706 |
Firm’s age (11–20 years old) | 2.548 | 7.056 | 799 |
Firm’s age (21–50 years old) | 2.226 | 6.591 | 940 |
Firm’s age (more than 51 years old) | 1.774 | 18.686 | 807 |
Collective agreements | 2.394 | 7.855 | 1592 |
No collective agreements | 2.256 | 9.791 | 1660 |
Worker representation | 2.854 | 5.331 | 1152 |
No worker representation | 2.195 | 9.865 | 2100 |
Training occupation in agriculture, forestry, farming, and gardening | 0.664 | 25.529 | 78 |
Training occupation in production of raw materials and goods, and manufacturing | 2.401 | 8.353 | 828 |
Training occupation in construction, architecture, surveying and technical building services | 3.182 | 10.327 | 254 |
Training occupation in natural sciences, geography and informatics | 3.730 | 3.735 | 104 |
Training occupation in traffic, logistics, safety and security | 2.281 | 2.434 | 195 |
Training occupation in commercial services, trading, sales, the hotel business and tourism | 1.752 | 2.885 | 679 |
Training occupation in business organization, accounting, law and administration | 2.319 | 21.212 | 756 |
Training occupation in health care, the social sector, teaching and education | 2.047 | 3.978 | 305 |
Training occupation in philology, literature, humanities, social sciences, economics, media, art, culture, and design | 4.363 | 5.579 | 53 |
Region: West | 2.233 | 10.510 | 2617 |
Region: East | 2.605 | 3.286 | 635 |