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Table 11.6
Linear regression of starters’ and owner-managers’ exports (logarithmic)
Starters and owner-managers in Denmark 2003-08
Regression Standardized Propabilitycoefficient
coefficient value
Medium higher education - 0,2 - 0,05 0,04 one-tailed
Short higher education - 0,4 - 0,07 0,004 one-tailed
Vocational education - 0,4 - 0,10 0,0002 one-tailed
Neither hi nor vocational educ - 0,2 - 0,04 0,06 one-tailed
Competency 0,0 0,00
Age (logarithmic) - 0,1 - 0,01 0,36 one-tailed
Gender (female 0, male 1) 0,3 0,09 0,0001 one-tailed
Phase (start 1, own-manage 0) 0,2 0,06 0,03 two-tailed
Firm age (logarithmic) 0,1 0,05 0,06 two-tailed
Constant 1,4
Training * 0,4 0,11 0,10 one-tailed
Network size * 0,1 0,20 0,02 one-tailed
R 2 = 0,02
N = 1.818
* Estimated by 2008 data
Notes to Chapter 11
Figure 11.2 is based on Table 11.6. The unit of
analysis an entrepreneur who is a starter or
owner-manager in Denmark. The sample is
those identified in our surveys of adults in Denmark
2003-08. I regressed exports (measured
on a logarithmic scale, as log(1 + percent customers
abroad) to avoid skewness and outliers)
on the independent variables except training
and network size using the data from 2003-08
and I regressed on the independent variables
including training and network size from 2008
(because training and network size was measured
only in 2008, when the sample of starters
and owner-managers was small). The regression
using the data from 2003-08 is shown in
Table 11.6. The estimated effects of training and
network size using the data from 2008 are also
shown, marked by an asterix.
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