RDP 2020-07: How Many Jobs Did JobKeeper Keep? Appendix C: Additional Statistics and Results

Table C1: Descriptive Statistics for Casual Sample versus Other Employees
Sample means
  Control group (February tenure: 6–10 months) Treatment group (February tenure: 12–23 months) All casual employees All employees
Industry (%)
Agriculture, forestry & fishing 2.2 2.7 3.8 1.9
Mining 1.8 1.3 1.5 2.7
Manufacturing 5.1 3.4 5.4 9.0
Electricity, gas, water & waste 0.7 0.8 0.7 1.0
Construction 4.4 5.8 7.2 8.5
Wholesale trade 1.1 1.6 2.0 3.5
Retail trade 18.2 20.2 16.7 12.0
Accomm & food services 24.5 23.1 19.9 7.9
Transport, postal & ware 7.7 6.9 6.2 5.7
Info media & telecom 1.5 0.5 1.3 2.0
Finance & insurance 0.4 0.3 0.4 2.8
Rental, hiring & real estate 1.1 2.4 1.7 1.9
Prof, scientific & tech services 5.5 3.4 4.7 9.4
Admin & support services 5.1 4.0 4.8 3.5
Public admin & safety 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Education & training 2.2 5.6 5.3 9.2
Health care & social assistance 10.6 10.9 11.2 12.8
Arts & recreation 2.9 4.8 3.6 2.1
Other services 5.1 2.4 3.5 3.9
Occupational skill level 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.0
(1 = highest, 5 = lowest)        
Hours worked 21.8 21.4 22.5 32.6
One job only (%) 92.0 90.7 90.8 93.9
Student (%) 36.5 41.9 31.6 16.6
Age (years) 31.0 31.5 35.5 40.1
Female (%) 50.7 50.1 53.0 48.4
Recent migrant (%) 12.0 9.8 7.8 5.1
Observations 274 377 2,305 8,951

Note: Characteristics in February for sample remaining in June 2020

Sources: ABS; Authors' calculations

Table C2: Regression Results for Equation (2)
Month by month estimation
  Constant ( σ ^ ) Difference-in-differences
estimate ( δ ^ )×100
Sample size
November 2019 0.95***
(0.01)
−1.62
(1.56)
889
December 2019 0.96***
(0.01)
−1.10
(1.23)
1,076
January 2020 0.93***
(0.01)
−0.21
(1.47)
1,311
February 2020 na na 1,604
March 2020 0.94***
(0.01)
0.32
(1.34)
1,272
April 2020 0.79***
(0.02)
−0.91
(2.54)
1,050
May 2020 0.67***
(0.02)
6.78**
(3.18)
847
June 2020 0.70***
(0.03)
9.77***
(3.46)
651
July 2020 0.75***
(0.03)
8.18**
(3.91)
462

Notes: ***, **, and * denote statistical significance at the 1, 5, and 10 per cent levels, respectively; robust standard errors in parentheses

Sources: ABS; Authors' calculations