Table 1

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 2005Full-timePart-timeStudentUnemployedRetiredTotal
Full-time848434231001,018
Part-time29692837145
Student8021112
Unemployed1761201357
Retired142411506546
Total91614210536571,778
Treatment GroupEmployment Status in 2009Number of Treatment ObservationsNumber of Control Observations
1Unemployed42816
Part-time employed21
Retired92
Total155
2Unemployed42816
Part-time employed21
Total63
3Retired92816
Total92
  • 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.