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Table A1 Firm performance measures, definition, mean and standard deviation: WIRS and AWIRS
UK establishments with . . . Australian establishments with . . .
Variable description Variable description for
AWIRS Union wage Non-union
Non-union Union wage Union wage
as per Addison et al. AWIRS where slight
Q. bargaining
wage wage
bargaining bargaining
differences exist n = 424
bargaining bargaining
at the firm at the
n = 449 n = 77
level industry
n = 115 national
level n = 632
Labour productivity change Based on management
BD11 1.8
00 0.5
1.6 00
0.5 1.8
00 0.5
1.8 00
0.5 1.7
00 0.6
3-element index of labour assessment of current
0.03 0.021
0.051 0.043
0.071 productivity change based
productivity level compared 0.110
0.282 0.129
0.121 0.188
on management assessment with 2 years earlier 1993.
0.860 0.698
0.818 0.834
0.740 of current productivity level
Assigned values are equivalent. compared with 3 years earlier.
Assigned values: 0 = littlelot lower’; 1= ‘about the same’;
2 = ’a littlelot higher’ Employment change
difference in employment A1
11.7 101.7 17.3 85.2
5.7 46.9
3.1 24.5
-0.7 27.1
employment in 1990 less levels between 1994 and 1995.
A9 employment in 1987:
Profitability 3-element profit 3-element index constructed
BD3 1.5
00 0.6
1.6 00
0.6 1.7
00 0.6
1.8 00
0.6 1.5
00 0.8
indexconstructed from from management assessment
0.090 0.074
0.103 0.086
0.188 management assessment of
of pre-tax profit of the 0.343
0.282 0.064
0.078 0.109
financial performance of the establishment over the last year.
0.567 0.550
0.831 0.834
0.702 establishment compared with
Assigned values: 0 = loss; other establishments in the
1 = break even; 2 = profit. same industry. Assigned values:
0 = ’below average’; 1 = ‘above average’;
2 = ‘better than average’.
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Table A1
Continued
UK establishments with . . . Australian establishments with . . .
Variable description Variable description for
AWIRS Union wage Non-union
Non-union Union wage Union wage
as per Addison et al. AWIRS where slight
Q. bargaining
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