Table 8

Corruption, SDGs and modern slavery: instrumental variable analysis

Variable(s)1st stage DV= CORRUP2nd stage DV = MS
Estimate (t-value)Estimate (t-value)
Predicted CORRUP 5.1149*** (8.19)
IV= INEQUALITY0.0329*** (9.11) 
SDG0.0041 (0.79)−0.6019*** (−5.43)
STAKE0.0712 (1.11)−3.1128** (−2.26)
LnGDP−0.2110*** (−2.79)−0.2514 (−0.63)
FOI−0.5517*** (−7.13)−1.6912 (−1.72)
LnFDI0.0001 (1.63)0.0004 (−1.10)
LnExport−0.1021* (−1.82)2.1133** (2.32)
MAN−0.0851 (0.29)−1.0213 (−0.96)
Constant1.3219*** (2.79)21.4890*** (5.22)
Year FEYesYes
R2/Centred R20.83540.8514
N431431
Kleibergen-Paap rk LM statistics32.1296
(under-identification test)(p = 0.000)
Kleibergen-Paap rk Wald F statistic (weak identification test)93.4571
Hansen J statistic (overidentification test)(p = 0.000)

Note(s): All variable definitions are given in Table 1. t-values are shown in parentheses. ***, ** and * represent significance levels of 1%, 5% and 10%, respectively

Source(s): Table by the authors

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