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Table 2 Characteristics of selected example occupations and for all analysed 78 occupations

From: Occupation-specific wage returns: shedding light on differentials between employees with a VET degree either with or without an Abitur

Share of licensed occupations

 Overall

0.12 (0.32)

 Cooks

0

 Drivers of vehicles in road traffic

0

 Sales professionals

0

 Education and social workers

1

 Advertising and marketing professionals

0

Share of analytic and interactive tasks

 Overall

0.61 (0.17)

 Cooks

0.36

 Drivers of vehicles in road traffic

0.33

 Sales professionals

0.63

 Education and social workers

0.62

 Advertising and marketing professionals

0.85

Share of routine tasks

 Overall

0.22 (0.10)

 Cooks

0.33

 Drivers of vehicles in road traffic

0.38

 Sales professionals

0.20

 Education and social workers

0.09

 Advertising and marketing professionals

0.10

Share of women

 Overall

0.46 (0.29)

 Cooks

0.55

 Drivers of vehicles in road traffic

0.10

 Sales occupations

0.68

 Education and social workers

0.80

 Advertising and marketing professionals

0.55

Share of university degree

 Overall

0.30 (0.24)

 Cooks

0.05

 Drivers of vehicles in road traffic

0.05

 Sales occupations

0.11

 Education and social workers

0.39

 Advertising and marketing professionals

0.51

Occupational specificity in %

 Overall

0.16 (0.95)

 Cooks

1.30

 Drivers of vehicles in road traffic

1.76

 Sales professionals

1.06

 Education and social workers

0.72

 Advertising and marketing professionals

− 0.83

  1. Source: BIBB/BAuA Employment Survey 2018
  2. Values in brackets show standard deviations for all analysed 78 occupations