Table 6 Descriptive statistics by country.

Uganda

Employment growth

0.0233

0.114

− 0.468

0.500

Firm age

14.60

10.29

1

86

Size(small = base category)

Medium

0.274

0.446

0

1

Large

0.0866

0.281

0

1

Ownership (domestic = category)

Foreign ownership

0.143

0.350

0

1

Export status (1 = yes)

0.210

0.408

0

1

Manager experience

13.76

8.433

1

41

location (2 = out city)

0.503

0.500

0

1

Formal training (1 = yes)

0.317

0.465

0

1

Access to finance (2 = no)

1.792

0.406

1

2

Tax rate (1 = yes)

0.706

0.456

0

1

Business licensing (1 = yes)

0.771

0.420

0

1

Gender (1 = female)

0.167

0.373

0

1

Informal payments

4.559

12.18

0

80

Power outages

7

0

7

7

competition (1 = yes)

0.879

0.327

0

1

country (1 = others)

0

0

0

0

sector (1 = service)

0.580

0.494

0

1

Burundi

Employment growth

0.0332

0.0974

− 0.310

0.433

Firm age

15.08

13.73

1

87

Size(small = base category)

Medium

0.408

0.493

0

1

Large

0.0764

0.267

0

1

Ownership (domestic = category)

Foreign ownership

0.199

0.400

0

1

Export status (1 = yes)

0.172

0.379

0

1

Manager experience

12.78

9.458

1

46

Location (2 = out city)

0.293

0.457

0

1

Formal training (1 = yes)

0.312

0.465

0

1

Access to finance (2 = no)

1.378

0.487

1

2

Tax rate (1 = yes)

0.274

0.447

0

1

Business licensing (1 = yes)

0.537

0.500

0

1

Gender (1 = female)

0.172

0.379

0

1

Informal payments

0.992

3.590

0

20

Power outages

15

0

15

15

Competition (1 = yes)

0.582

0.495

0

1

Country (1 = others)

1

0

1

1

Sector (1 = service)

0.624

0.486

0

1

Employment growth

Kenya

Employment growth

0.0109

0.0980

− 0.432

0.500

Firm age

22.76

17.78

1

107

Size(small = base category)

Medium

0.342

0.475

0

1

Large

0.204

0.403

0

1

Ownership (domestic = category)

Foreign ownership

0.113

0.317

0

1

Export status (1 = yes)

0.374

0.484

0

1

Manager experience

18.36

10.86

1

57

Location (2 = out city)

0.553

0.497

0

1

Formal training (1 = yes)

0.434

0.496

0

1

Access to finance (2 = no)

1.609

0.488

1

2

Tax rate (1 = yes)

0.777

0.416

0

1

Business licensing (1 = yes)

0.614

0.487

0

1

Gender (1 = female)

0.102

0.303

0

1

Informal payments

1.885

7.619

0

100

Power outages

5

0

5

5

Competition (1 = yes)

0.573

0.495

0

1

Country (1 = others)

1

0

1

1

Sector (1 = service)

0.519

0.500

0

1

Rwanda

Employment growth

0.0439

0.114

− 0.289

0.485

Firm age

11.23

9.881

1

52

Size(small = base category)

Medium

0.373

0.485

0

1

Large

0.154

0.361

0

1

Ownership (domestic = category)

Foreign ownership

0.213

0.411

0

1

Export status (1 = yes)

0.108

0.311

0

1

Manager experience

13.40

8.897

1

42

Location (2 = out city)

0.0373

0.190

0

1

Formal training (1 = yes)

0.577

0.495

0

1

Access to finance (2 = no)

1.511

0.501

1

2

Tax rate (1 = yes)

0.743

0.438

0

1

Business licensing (1 = yes)

0.274

0.447

0

1

Gender (1 = female)

0.199

0.400

0

1

Informal payments

0.172

0.990

0

10

Power outages

4

0

4

4

Competition (1 = yes)

0.541

0.499

0

1

Country (1 = others)

1

0

1

1

Sector (1 = service)

0.689

0.464

0

1

Tanzania

Employment growth

0.0655

0.161

− 0.400

0.500

Firm age

15.35

10.78

1

96

Size(small = base category)

Medium

0.269

0.444

0

1

Large

0.0984

0.298

0

1

Ownership (domestic = category)

Foreign ownership

0.0752

0.264

0

1

Export status (1 = yes)

0.157

0.364

0

1

Manager experience

13.29

8.086

1

50

Location (2 = out city)

1

0

1

1

Formal training (1 = yes)

0.295

0.456

0

1

Access to finance (2 = no)

1.814

0.390

1

2

Tax rate (1 = yes)

0.555

0.497

0

1

Business licensing (1 = yes)

0.817

0.387

0

1

gender (1 = female)

0.127

0.334

0

1

Informal payments

1.390

9.212

0

100

Power outages

8

0

8

8

Competition (1 = yes)

0.645

0.479

0

1

Country (1 = others)

1

0

1

1

Sector (1 = service)

0.609

0.488

0

1

Total

Employment growth

0.0346

0.127

− 0.468

0.500

Firm age

16.87

13.69

1

107

Size (small = base category)

Medium

0.308

0.462

0

1

Large

0.129

0.335

0

1

Ownership (domestic = category)

Foreign ownership

0.125

0.330

0

1

Export status (1 = yes)

0.230

0.421

0

1

Manager experience

14.87

9.476

1

57

Location (2 = out city)

0.611

0.488

0

1

Formal training (1 = yes)

0.366

0.482

0

1

Access to finance (2 = no)

1.695

0.460

1

2

Tax rate (1 = yes)

0.660

0.474

0

1

Business licensing (1 = yes)

0.681

0.466

0

1

Gender (1 = female)

0.140

0.347

0

1

Informal payments

2.091

8.813

0

100

Power outages

6.922

2.421

4

15

Competition (1 = yes)

0.676

0.468

0

1

Country (1 = others)

0.723

0.447

0

1

Sector (1 = service)

0.583

0.493

0

1