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Table 3 Estimates of self-employment decision with network effect (average marginal effects)

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

 

Conventional

Spatial

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Ethnic capital

    

Network effect†

/

/

0.075***

0.075***

 

/

/

(0.001)

(0.001)

Ethnic concentration effect

/

0.0003

/

0.0002

 

/

(0.0002)

/

(0.0002)

Selected human capital

    

Experience

0.0012***

0.0012***

0.0015***

0.0015***

 

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

Self-employment experience (origin)

0.0008***

0.0008***

0.0009***

0.0009***

 

(0.001)

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

High skilled

-0.0005

-0.0005

-0.003***

-0.003***

 

(0.0004)

(0.0004)

(0.0005)

(0.0005)

English proficiency

-0.0258***

-0.0252***

-0.004***

-0.004***

 

(0.0037)

(0.0037)

(0.002)

(0.002)

Manager & professional

0.0066***

0.0066***

0.005***

0.005***

 

(0.0006)

(0.0006)

(0.0005)

(0.0005)

Selected personal characteristics

    

Years Since Migration (YSM)

0.0017***

0.0017***

0.0009***

0.0009***

 

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

Married

0.0028***

0.0028***

0.0018***

0.0018***

 

(0.0004)

(0.0004)

(0.0003)

(0.0003)

Children

-0.0017***

-0.0017***

-0.0018***

-0.0018***

 

(0.0004)

(0.0004)

(0.0004)

(0.0004)

Own dwelling

0.0015***

0.0014***

0.0013***

0.0013***

 

(0.0005)

(0.0005)

(0.0004)

(0.0004)

  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.