Education, Training and Networking for Entrepreneurship in ...

Table 9.12
Logistic regression of entrepreneurs’ competency
Entrepreneurs in Denmark 2003-08
Coefficient Odds ratio Probability-value
Medium higher education - 0,1 0,9 0,23 one-tailed
Short higher education - 0,3 0,8 0,04 one-tailed
Vocational education 0,0 1,0
Neither vocational nor hi ed - 0,3 0,7 0,005 one-tailed
Gender (female 0, male 1) 0,7 2,0 0,0001 one-tailed
Age (logarithmic) 0,7 2,0 0,0001 one-tailed
Constant -1,7
Training * 0,3 1,4 0,15 one-tailed
N = 3.386 entrepreneurs
* Estimates from 2008 data
Table 9.13
Linear regression of entrepreneurs’ network size
Starters and owner-managers in Denmark 2008
Coefficient Odds ratio Probability-value
Medium higher education 0,5 0,05 0,53 two-tailed
Short higher education - 0,6 - 0,05 0,54 two-tailed
Vocational education 0,4 0,04 0,59 two-tailed
Neither vocational nor hi ed 1,2 0,09 0,22 two-tailed
Training 1,7 0,18 0,003 one-tailed
Competency 1,3 0,12 0,04 one-tailed
Gender (female 0, male 1) - 0,1 - 0,01 0,90 two-tailed
Age (logarithmic) - 3,4 - 0,23 0,0004 one-tailed
Constant 17,7
R 2 = 0,14
N = 217
Denmark. Table 9.11 uses data for almost all entrepreneurs
who participated in our survey in
2008 when training was first measured (the
sample of entrepreneurs is here small).
Table 9.12 is based on the data on the entrepreneurs
surveyed 2003-08. Data for these analysis
are available on by far most entrepreneurs
identified in our surveys in the years 2003-08,
except that the questions about training and
network size were asked only in 2008. Therefore
I regressed on the independendent variables
including training and networking using
only the data for 2008 and I regressed on the
independent variables excluding training and
networking using the data for 2003-08. Table
9.12 shows the regression estimates using the
data for 2003-08 and also the estimated effect
of training using the data from 2008, as marked
with an asterix.
Table 9.13 is based only on the starters and
owner-managers identified in our survey in 2008,
because these are the only ones who were
asked about their network of advisors. The sample
is small, only 217 entrepreneurs, and we are
trying to estimate effects from a handful of educational
groups, so the sample in each group is
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