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Table 4 Marginal effects of explanatory variables on firm transition

From: Moving out of the bottom of the economy? Constraints to firm transition in the Indian informal manufacturing sector

Variables

PHE

MHE

NHE

Finance

 CAPSHOR

0.00526** (0.00233)

0.00011 (0.00212)

−0.00537*** (0.00078)

Firm capabilities

 LINKAGE

−0.04377*** (0.00284)

0.02147*** (0.00255)

0.02230*** (0.00116)

 ASSISTANCE

−0.03355** (0.01523)

0.03084*** (0.01197)

0.00271 (0.00424)

 ACMAINT

−0.31916*** (0.00486)

0.17300*** (0.00456)

0.14616*** (0.00300)

 REGIS

−0.42216*** (0.00258)

0.30054*** (0.00249)

0.12162*** (0.00173)

Locational variables

 LOCATION

−0.08004*** (0.00203)

0.08471*** (0.00189)

−0.00467*** (0.00075)

 URBAN

−0.03691*** (0.00251)

0.02252*** (0.00222)

0.01439*** (0.00077)

 TRANSPORT

−0.01718*** (0.00255)

0.01437*** (0.00238)

0.00281*** (0.00094)

 DISTANCE

0.00004*** (0.00001)

−0.00005*** (0.00001)

0.00001*** (0.00000)

Infrastructure and human capital variables

 ELEC

−0.14876*** (0.00264)

0.11440*** (0.00245)

0.03437*** (0.00109)

 SHSCSTPOP

−0.00815 (0.00979)

0.01014 (0.00912)

−0.00198 (0.00359)

 PRIMEDU

0.22778*** (0.01981)

−0.17632*** (0.01807)

−0.05145*** (0.00671)

 MIDGRADEDU

−0.12498*** (0.01330)

0.07998*** (0.01195)

0.04500*** (0.00547)

 ROADVILLG

−0.21430*** (0.00536)

0.16279*** (0.00498)

0.05151*** (0.00200)

Other controls

 STATUS

−0.11038*** 0.00253)

0.08483*** (0.00236)

0.02554*** (0.00099)

  1. Source: same as in Table 1
  2. aThese estimates presented are generalised ordered logit model estimates
  3. bFigures in parentheses are robust standard errors
  4. c***, ** and * stand respectively for level of significance at 1, 5 and 10 % levels
  5. dSee notes to Table 3 for the definitions of variables