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Table 11 Regional comparison of labor demand models: low-technology industries

From: Job creation and trade in manufactures: industry-level analysis across countries

 

Comparison with ASIA

Comparison with ASIA

ASIA-MENA

ASIA-SSA

ASIA-LAC

OECD-ASIA

OECD-MENA

OECD-SSA

OECD-LAC

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Ln (V)

0.6013

0.5428

0.4683

0.6451

0.6394

0.5264

0.5100

(0.0290)***

(0.0375)***

(0.0389)***

(0.0186)***

(0.0219)***

(0.0276)***

(0.0299)***

M/(M + Y)

−0.3726

0.2006

0.1651

0.2344

−0.2831

0.1331

0.2436

(0.1029)***

(0.1153)*

(0.1894)

(0.1204)*

(0.0783)***

(0.0854)

(0.1471)*

X/Y

0.1551

0.0137

−0.0365

0.0860

0.1720

0.0127

−0.0611

(0.0379)***

(0.0289)

(0.0776)

(0.0354)**

(0.0292)***

(0.0216)

(0.0604)

Ln (w)

−0.6222

−0.5049

−0.4778

−0.6475

−0.6515

−0.4915

−0.4895

(0.0237)***

(0.0287)***

(0.0282)***

(0.0170)***

(0.0181)***

(0.0214)***

(0.0219)***

Ln (w)*s

0.0872

0.1191

0.1624

0.1896

0.0907

0.1212

0.1758

(0.0088)***

(0.0114)***

(0.0120)***

(0.0071)***

(0.0068)***

(0.0085)***

(0.0093)***

R*ln (V)

0.0417

0.0918

0.1633

0.1153

0.1210

0.2264

0.2457

(0.0400)

(0.0469)*

(0.0463)***

(0.0243)***

(0.0278)***

(0.0317)***

(0.0337)***

R*M/(M + Y)

0.6591

0.0331

0.1228

−0.4596

−0.0860

−0.4604

−0.6001

(0.1999)***

(0.2030)

(0.2446)

(0.1299)***

(0.0932)

(0.0967)***

(0.1539)***

R*X/Y

−0.0709

0.0733

0.1260

0.0778

0.0050

0.1583

0.2347

(0.0627)

(0.0563)

(0.0897)

(0.0371)**

(0.0316)

(0.0244)***

(0.0614)***

R*ln (w)

−0.0283

−0.1413

−0.1722

−0.0900

−0.1039

−0.2533

−0.2614

(0.0343)

(0.0373)***

(0.0360)***

(0.0208)***

(0.0227)***

(0.0247)***

(0.0251)***

R*ln (w)*s

0.0949

0.0650

0.0187

−0.1390

−0.0402

−0.0712

−0.1255

(0.0135)***

(0.0151)***

(0.0150)

(0.0075)***

(0.0072)***

(0.0088)***

(0.0096)***

_cons

1.9868

1.9666

2.5197

1.0328

1.1803

1.2093

1.3345

(0.3044)***

(0.3300)***

(0.3505)***

(0.2206)***

(0.2538)***

(0.2568)***

(0.2480)***

N

2746

2272

2547

6275

5813

5339

5614

  1. Note: See Appendix A: Table 10 for notes