Number of Survey Respondents by Employment Status during Prerecession (2005) and Recession (2009) Periods, and Size and Composition of Treatment and Control Groups
| Employment Status in 2009 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employment Status in 2005 | Full-time | Part-time | Student | Unemployed | Retired | Total |
| Full-time | 848 | 43 | 4 | 23 | 100 | 1,018 |
| Part-time | 29 | 69 | 2 | 8 | 37 | 145 |
| Student | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Unemployed | 17 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 57 |
| Retired | 14 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 506 | 546 |
| Total | 916 | 142 | 10 | 53 | 657 | 1,778 |
| Treatment Group | Employment Status in 2009 | Number of Treatment Observations | Number of Control Observations | |||
| 1 | Unemployed | 42 | 816 | |||
| Part-time employed | 21 | |||||
| Retired | 92 | |||||
| Total | 155 | |||||
| 2 | Unemployed | 42 | 816 | |||
| Part-time employed | 21 | |||||
| Total | 63 | |||||
| 3 | Retired | 92 | 816 | |||
| Total | 92 | |||||
Note: In the lower panel we exclude all respondents who report more than 52 trips in one single year. Compared to the upper panel, this reduces the control group size from 848 to 816. Similarly, we adjust the treatment group sizes as well.