A Systems View Across Time and Space
From: Innovation and employment growth: evidence from manufacturing firms in Africa
 | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Productivity | Productivity | Productivity | Productivity | Productivity | Productivity | |
Innov (0 = no innovation) | ||||||
 1 (= Process/Product) | 0.3*** |  |  | 0.3*** |  |  |
(0.0588) | Â | Â | (0.0613) | Â | Â | |
 2 (= Process × Product) | 0.3*** |  |  | 0.3*** |  |  |
(0.0580) | Â | Â | (0.0616) | Â | Â | |
Process (1 = yes) |  | 0.3*** |  |  | 0.3*** |  |
 | (0.0514) |  |  | (0.0544) |  | |
Product (1 = yes) |  |  | 0.2*** |  |  | 0.2*** |
 |  | (0.0478) |  |  | (0.0503) | |
Retained | 0.01 | 0.008 | − 0.002 | − 0.02 | − 0.03 | − 0.03 |
(0.0699) | (0.0705) | (0.0700) | (0.0731) | (0.0735) | (0.0733) | |
Size (small) | ||||||
 Medium | 0.2*** | 0.2*** | 0.3*** | 0.2*** | 0.2*** | 0.2*** |
(0.0506) | (0.0508) | (0.0508) | (0.0530) | (0.0532) | (0.0533) | |
 Large | 0.6*** | 0.6*** | 0.7*** | 0.6*** | 0.6*** | 0.6*** |
(0.0698) | (0.0701) | (0.0702) | (0.0732) | (0.0734) | (0.0735) | |
lnAge | 0.1*** | 0.1*** | 0.1*** | 0.1*** | 0.1*** | 0.1*** |
(0.0321) | (0.0325) | (0.0325) | (0.0331) | (0.0336) | (0.0335) | |
lnMexperience | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
(0.0346) | (0.0350) | (0.0349) | (0.0356) | (0.0360) | (0.0359) | |
Foreign (1 = yes) | 0.4*** | 0.4*** | 0.4*** | 0.4*** | 0.4*** | 0.4*** |
(0.0650) | (0.0657) | (0.0654) | (0.0677) | (0.0685) | (0.0680) | |
Government (1 = yes) | − 0.7*** | − 0.7*** | − 0.7*** | − 0.6*** | − 0.7*** | − 0.7*** |
(0.128) | (0.131) | (0.129) | (0.134) | (0.137) | (0.135) | |
Millioncity (1 = yes) | 0.3*** | 0.3*** | 0.3*** | 0.3*** | 0.3*** | 0.3*** |
(0.0510) | (0.0513) | (0.0512) | (0.0526) | (0.0529) | (0.0528) | |
Exporting (1 = yes) | 0.1* | 0.1* | 0.1* | 0.1* | 0.1* | 0.1* |
(0.0565) | (0.0569) | (0.0565) | (0.0588) | (0.0591) | (0.0588) | |
Electricity |  |  |  | − 0.07 | − 0.07 | − 0.06 |
 |  |  | (0.0529) | (0.0530) | (0.0532) | |
Bureaucracy |  |  |  | − 0.0007 | − 0.0005 | − 0.0004 |
 |  |  | (0.000949) | (0.000951) | (0.000954) | |
Bribe |  |  |  | − 0.008+ | − 0.007+ | − 0.008+ |
 |  |  | (0.00399) | (0.00404) | (0.00403) | |
Competition (1 = yes) |  |  |  | − 0.06 | − 0.06 | − 0.06 |
 |  |  | (0.0464) | (0.0467) | (0.0465) | |
Country fixed effects | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
ISIC fixed effects | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Constant | 8.4*** | 8.5*** | 8.5*** | 8.6*** | 8.6*** | 8.7*** |
(0.132) | (0.133) | (0.131) | (0.146) | (0.147) | (0.146) | |
N | 5889 | 5824 | 5865 | 5442 | 5386 | 5423 |
R 2 | 0.397 | 0.396 | 0.393 | 0.399 | 0.398 | 0.395 |
Adj. R2 | 0.391 | 0.390 | 0.388 | 0.392 | 0.391 | 0.389 |