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A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 4 Impact of finance and other investment climate on employment growth

From: Financial inclusion and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) growth in Uganda

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

IC var. cell avg.: matched to initial size

Individual firm response

ICvar as in Col. 1 with Col 2 sample

ICvar avg.: matched to current size

ICvar cell avg.: sector-location

Sh_invest_fin

− 0.0425*** (0.0125)

0.0108 (0.00981)

− 0.0845** (0.0321)

− 0.0110 (0.00852)

0.0942*** (0.0326)

(Micro)*Sh_invest_fin

0.0461*** (0.0138)

− 0.0101 (0.0125)

0.211*** (0.0637)

0.0295** (0.0109)

− 0.0187 (0.0343)

(Small)*Sh_invest_fin

0.0499*** (0.0139)

− 0.0110 (0.00980)

0.0112 (0.0323)

0.0256** (0.00911)

− 0.00993 (0.0299)

(Medium)*Sh_invest_fin

0.0770*** (0.0164)

− 0.0176* (0.00892)

0.0878** (0.0331)

0.0246* (0.0122)

− 0.0176 (0.0346)

mng_time

0.000169 (0.0476)

− 0.00785 (0.00529)

− 0.126 (0.0844)

−  0.203*** (0.0452)

0.128 (0.247)

(Micro)*mng_time

0.00244 (0.0469)

− 0.0165 (0.261)

0.757*** (0.217)

0.209*** (0.0565)

0.564* (0.321)

(Small)*mng_time

0.000421 (0.0553)

0.0129 (0.00972)

0.190** (0.0876)

0.235*** (0.0447)

0.105 (0.210)

(Medium)*mng_time

0.00852 (0.0526)

0.00846 (0.00568)

0.108 (0.0836)

0.222*** (0.0448)

0.0195 (0.239)

bribe_yn

1.061 (2.033)

− 1.344 (0.930)

− 29.92*** (5.013)

7.862*** (1.541)

7.141 (4.983)

(Micro)*bribe_yn

− 0.887 (2.100)

− 0.730* (0.362)

− 39.08** (14.86)

− 8.697*** (1.707)

− 8.391 (5.885)

(Small)*bribe_yn

− 1.506 (2.336)

− 0.276 (0.168)

37.29*** (5.257)

− 8.766*** (1.559)

0.468 (5.283)

(Medium)*bribe_yn

− 3.984 (2.852)

− 0.156 (0.182)

30.74*** (5.720)

− 9.674*** (1.934)

2.004 (5.644)

days_no_power

0.0133*** (0.00255)

− 0.00180 (0.00183)

− 0.00659 (0.00705)

− 0.00701** (0.00264)

− 0.0380*** (0.00663)

(Micro)*days_no_power

− 0.0133*** (0.00256)

  

0.00703** (0.00273)

0.0207* (0.0111)

(Small)*days_no_power

− 0.0141*** (0.00249)

0.00175 (0.00183)

0.0101 (0.00696)

0.00597* (0.00318)

0.00278 (0.00586)

(Medium)*days_no_power

− 0.0186*** (0.00210)

0.00130 (0.00218)

0.0105 (0.00682)

0.00839** (0.00310)

0.00150 (0.00640)

(Micro)

0.811 (0.700)

  

− 1.475** (0.534)

− 4.210* (2.151)

(Small)

0.594 (0.689)

− 1.016*** (0.295)

− 12.01*** (2.515)

− 1.810*** (0.533)

− 1.122 (1.235)

(Medium)

0.823 (0.894)

− 0.792** (0.299)

− 11.95*** (2.568)

− 1.933*** (0.615)

− 0.601 (1.419)

Constant

0.743 (0.765)

1.470** (0.604)

11.44*** (2.467)

2.571*** (0.507)

8.528*** (1.584)

Observations

608

97

96

602

613

R-squared

0.468

0.650

0.902

0.456

0.789

Firm Controls

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Sector FE

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  1. Standard errors clustered on location-sector-size; ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1