A Systems View Across Time and Space
Table 1 Descriptive statistics.
From: What drives the dynamics of employment growth in firms? Evidence from East Africa
Variable | Observations | Mean | sd | min | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Employment growth | 2754 | 0.0346 | 0.127 | − 0.468 | 0.500 |
Firm age | 2754 | 16.87 | 13.69 | 1 | 107 |
Size(small = base category) | |||||
 Medium | 2754 | 0.308 | 0.462 | 0 | 1 |
 Large | 2754 | 0.129 | 0.335 | 0 | 1 |
Ownership (domestic = category) | |||||
 Foreign ownership | 2622 | 0.125 | 0.330 | 0 | 1 |
 Export status (1 = yes) | 2754 | 0.230 | 0.421 | 0 | 1 |
 Managerial experience | 2624 | 14.87 | 9.476 | 1 | 57 |
 Location (2 = outside official city) | 2754 | 0.611 | 0.488 | 0 | 1 |
 Formal training (1 = yes) | 2721 | 0.366 | 0.482 | 0 | 1 |
 Access to finance (2 = no) | 2565 | 1.695 | 0.460 | 1 | 2 |
 Business licensing (1 = yes) | 2677 | 0.681 | 0.466 | 0 | 1 |
 Tax rate (1 = obstacle) | 2754 | 0.660 | 0.474 | 0 | 1 |
 Gender (1 = female) | 2749 | 0.140 | 0.347 | 0 | 1 |
 Informal payments | 1664 | 2.091 | 8.813 | 0 | 100 |
 Power outage | 2754 | 6.922 | 2.421 | 4 | 15 |
 Corruption (1 = obstacle) | 2642 | 0.753 | 0.431 | 0 | 1 |
 Competition (1 = yes) | 2579 | 0.676 | 0.468 | 0 | 1 |
 Country (1 = others) | 2754 | 0.723 | 0.447 | 0 | 1 |
 Sector (1 = service) | 2754 | 0.583 | 0.493 | 0 | 1 |