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Table 2 Estimates of self-employment decision with network effect (odds ratios)

From: Ethnic capital and self-employment: a spatially autoregressive network approach

 

Conventional

Spatial

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Ethnic capital

    

Network effect†

/

/

18.55***

18.48***

 

/

/

(1.93)

(1.93)

Ethnic concentration effect

/

0.08

/

0.04

 

/

(0.06)

/

(0.06)

Human capital

    

Experience

0.30***

0.30***

0.36***

0.36***

 

(0.03)

(0.03)

(0.03)

(0.03)

Experience -squared

-0.005***

-0.005***

-0.007***

-0.007***

 

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

Self-employment experience (origin)

0.20***

0.20***

0.20***

0.20***

 

(0.02)

(0.02)

(0.02)

(0.02)

Self-employment experience-squared (origin)

-0.01***

-0.01***

-0.01***

-0.01***

 

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

High skilled

-0.12

-0.12

-0.66***

-0.66***

 

(0.1)

(0.1)

(0.11)

(0.11)

English proficiency

-2.16***

-2.14***

-0.72***

-0.71***

 

(0.13)

(0.13)

(0.20)

(0.20)

Manager & professional

1.61***

1.61***

1.33***

1.34***

 

(0.1)

(0.1)

(0.1)

(0.1)

Personal characteristics

    

Years Since Migration (YSM)

0.42***

0.42***

0.23***

0.23***

 

(0.03)

(0.03)

(0.03)

(0.03)

YSM-squared

-0.01***

-0.01***

-0.01***

-0.01***

 

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

Married

0.66***

0.66***

0.44***

0.44***

 

(0.07)

(0.07)

(0.07)

(0.07)

Children

-0.42***

-0.43***

-0.46***

-0.46***

 

(0.1)

(0.1)

(0.1)

(0.1)

Own dwelling

0.33***

0.33***

0.22***

0.22***

 

(0.1)

(0.1)

(0.1)

(0.1)

Observations

6735

6735

6735

6735

Log likelihood

-11635.10

-11634.39

-11593.64

-11593.42

Wald Chi(2)

1268.03

1269.25

1370.93

1371.00

AIC

23294.20

23294.78

23215.28

23214.84

  1. Note: † Network (weighted ethnic spatial lag `Wy') is treated as an endogenous variable.
  2. (1) Panel Logit estimations.
  3. (2) Standard errors in parentheses.
  4. (3) *p<0.10 **p<0.05 ***p<0.01.