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Table 6 Estimated Logit model of factors affecting the creation of Ukrainian ventures in the enclave in Caserta

From: Ukrainian entrepreneurship in Italy: factors influencing the creation of ethnic ventures

Independent variables

Dependent variable: ethnic venture in the enclave

 

Coefficients (β)

p value

Intercept

25.094

0.001

Pull factors

  

 H1: Start-up capital personally saved or loaned by family members (PFC)

Constant

Constant

 H2: Start-up capital loaned by members of the ethnic group (EGC)

0.033

0.855

 H3: Start-up capital loaned by local banks (LBC)

Constant

Constant

 H4: Employees belonging to the family (FE)

0.022

0.883

 H5: Employees belonging to the ethnic group (EGE)

0.399

0.527

 H6: Employees belonging to other ethnic groups (OEGE)

Constant

Constant

 H7: Ethnic inputs from the ethnic group in the destination country (EGI)

0.032

0.859

 H8: Ethnic inputs from the ethnic group in the origin country (OCI)

0.074

0.785

 H9: Inputs from other ethnic groups (OEGI)

0.025

0.874

 H10: Ethnic outputs to already existing ethnic markets (EMO)

0.341

0.559

 H11: Ethnic outputs to potential ethnic markets (PEMO)

0.846

0.358

 H12: Outputs to other ethnic groups (OEGO)

0.280

0.596

 H13: Institutional problems (IP)

1.804

0.179

 H14: Business model (BM)

0.278

0.598

 H15: Managerial competences (MC)

0.010

0.920

Push factors

  

 H16: Unemployment (GOU)

1.054

0.305

 H17: Previous work (LPW)

0.012

0.911

Socio-demographic factors

  

 H18: Housing area (HA)

0.130

0.021**

 H19: Age (AGE)

0.146

0.030**

 H20: Number of years spent in the destination country (YDC)

0.010

0.920

 H21: Level of education (LE)

0.619

0.431

 H22: Gender (GEN)

0.017

0.896

  1. Number of cases = 42; chi-square of Omnibus test (df) = 10.064 (2); Nagelkerke R2 (pseudo R2) = 0.316; percentage of correct predictions = 88.1%; *p < 0.01; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.1.