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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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TABLE 3<br />

Summary Statistics for Mathematica Data<br />

Pooled<br />

No Severance<br />

Severance<br />

(0.83)<br />

(0.17)<br />

Percent dropouts<br />

14%<br />

15%<br />

6%<br />

Percent college grads<br />

17%<br />

13%<br />

34%<br />

Percent married<br />

58%<br />

56%<br />

68%<br />

Mean age<br />

36.2<br />

35.2<br />

40.6<br />

Median pre­unemp annual wage<br />

$20,848<br />

$19,347<br />

$30,693<br />

Median job tenure (years)<br />

1.9<br />

1.5<br />

4.8<br />

Source: Chetty 2008<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> () <strong>Part</strong> 6: Social Insurance 89 / 207

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