BTS | Table 2 - A Two-Stage Least Squares Estimation of the Accessibility and Employment Functions

Table 2 - A Two-Stage Least Squares Estimation of the Accessibility and Employment Functions

Employment (equation 3)
Variable	Type of job Executive parameter	Type of job Technician parameter	Type of job Administrative parameter	Type of job Transport parameter
Accessibility	-.237740	-.187414	-.096016	-.079812
Wage rate
(3) Construction	NS	.283052	NS	NS
(4) Manufacture 1	.129783	.136822	.048485	NS
(5) Manufacture 2	NS	.090696	NS	.235875
(6) Transport	.338492	NS	.235395	.575081
(7) Communication	NS	NS	NS	NS
(8) Wholesale	NS	-.145514	.163956	.256606
(9) Retail	.285929	NS	NS	NS
(10) FIRE	.485281	.447685	.422971	NS
(11) Business and repair	NS	.347708	NS	-.353465
(12) Personal Services	NS	-.142507	.068464	NS
(13) Entertainment	.210809	NS	.052301	NS
(14) Health	NS	.858439	.172036	.384054
(15) Education	NS	.122671	.074335	.179501
(16) Other	.140571	-.143720	NS	.454775
(17) Public administration	-.141837	.00407	.161577	NS
Education:
Less than 9th grade	NS	-.275950	NS	NS
Less than 12th grade	-.235460	.408651	NS	-.684124
High school diploma	NS	-.326228	.168903	NS
No college degree	NS	NS	.179568	.212217
Associate degree	.146286	NS	.166667	-.268634
Bachelor degree	NS	-.224551	NS	-.288028
Graduate degree	NS	.187507	NS	-.538609
Childrens' age:
Under 3	NS	NS	NS	-.258383
3-5	NS	-.235078	NS	-.275407
6-11	NS	-.159645	-.132387	.455364
12-17	NS	-.425830	.130015	NS
Income, in $ thousands
0-9.9	NS	.089148	-.055030	NS
10-19.9	NS	.155627	NS	NS
20-29.9	.058064	NS	-.043658	NS
30-34.9	.093460	NS	NS	NS
35-49.9	NS	NS	NS	NS
50-74.9	.082358	NS	-.158341	NS
75.0+	NS	NS	NS	.121987
Constant	-4.286843	6.516566	-25.94905	-.841860
R-Squared	0.866	0.869	0.953	0.765

Note: Parameters shown are adjusted coefficients (see text) and significant at 0.05 level or better.
NS = not significant.