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Table 3: A panel dynamic <strong>of</strong> <strong>employment</strong> with control variables (System GMM<br />
estimations)<br />
Variables Agro-food Ceramic Electric Chemical Textile<br />
Lempf t – 1 0.627*** 1.360*** 0.453*** 0.255*** 0.989***<br />
(0.062) (0.220) (0.106) (0.108) (0.035)<br />
t – 2 -0.027 0.039 0.144*** -0.005 -0.103***<br />
(0.021) (0.059) (0.031) (0.009) (0.010)<br />
Diversity t 0.264* -0.310 -0.285* 0.462 2.300***<br />
(0.160) (0.667) (0.156) (0.176) (0.170)<br />
t – 1 0.225 0.710* 1.390*** -0.161 -1.352***<br />
(0.167) (0.380) (0.220) (0.134) (0.123)<br />
Competition t -0.719*** -0.706*** -0.580*** -0.848*** -0.648***<br />
(0.080) (0.152) (0.161) (0.050) (0.051)<br />
t – 1 0.476*** 1.943*** 0.250 0.366*** 0.779***<br />
(0.084) (0.241) (0.171) (0.134) (0.058)<br />
Agglomeration t 0.301*** 0.530*** 0.695*** 0.186** 0.361***<br />
(0.083) (0.165) (0.091) (0.084) (0.069)<br />
t – 1 -0.077** 0.030 -0.001 0.198*** -0.455***<br />
(0.037) (0.122) (0.074) (0.066) (0.058)<br />
Education t 1.462*** 0.435 1.635*** -0.481** 0.717***<br />
(0.195) (0.371) (0.526) (0.220) (0.193)<br />
t – 1 0.380*** 3.046*** -0.496 -1.000*** 0.072<br />
(.121) (0.228) (0.345) (0.208) (0.098)<br />
t – 2 0.985*** -2.772*** 1.160*** 0.581* 0.655***<br />
(0.202) (0.657) (0.447) (0.351) (0.158)<br />
Industrial park t -0.004 -0.097 -0.377*** -0.002 -0.148***<br />
(0.036) (0.115) (0.048) (0.015) (0.025)<br />
t – 1 0.030 -0.111*** 0.102*** 0.028 0.090***<br />
(0.021) (0.039) (0.028) (0.020) (0.024)<br />
t – 2 -0.030 -0.027 -0.046 -0.044 0.056<br />
(0.022) (0.056) (0.046) (0.025) (0.037)<br />
Wages t -0.045 0.285 -0.115 0.087 -0.295***<br />
(0.045) (0.194) (0.121) (0.069) (0.090)<br />
t - 1 -0.089 -0.829*** -0.183** 0.157* -0.115*<br />
(0.068) (0.148) (0.082) (0.089) (0.060)<br />
t - 2 -0.234*** -0.198 -0.322*** 0.036 -0.273***<br />
(0.087) (0.130) (0.096) (0.060) (0.051)<br />
Observations 157 135 157 126 167<br />
Notes: *** Significance at 1%, ** significance at 5%, and * significance at 10%.<br />
Table 4: Sargan and Arellano-Bond Tests<br />
Tests Agro-food Ceramic Electric Chemical Textile<br />
Sargan test chi2(11) 32.261 30.421 27.195 14.874 33.192<br />
Prob > chi2 0.454 0.547 0.709 0.995 0.409<br />
Arellano-Bond test AR(1) -1.649 -0.063 -0.302 -2.003 -1.971<br />
p-value 0.099 0.950 0.762 0.045 0.049<br />
AR(2) 0.778 -0.727 0.941 1.044 1.127<br />
p-value 0.437 0.467 0.347 0.297 0.209<br />
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