Table 6

OLS and 2SLS regressions for business and investment climate in Morocco

Panel A: OLSDV: Logarithm of value addedDV: Labour productivityDV: Logarithm of TFPPanel B: IVDV: Logarithm of value addedDV: Labour productivityDV: Logarithm of TFP
Business climate−0.2252** (0.1032)−0.1426 (0.2416)−0.1215** (0.0538)Business climate−0.3944** (0.1755)−0.3029 (0.2830)−0.2318** (0.0082)
Logarithm of firm size0.6919*** (0.1193)−0.0407 (0.1007)−0.1472* (0.0777)Logarithm of firm size0.6945*** (0.1090)−0.0746 (0.1309)−0.1679** (0.0710)
Young firms0.1414 (0.1971)0.6027 (0.7735)0.1855 (0.2916)Young firms0.1391 (0.2035)0.4329 (0.7310)0.2428 (0.3130)
Is one of the owners female? (Yes)1.1250*** (0.3509)1.0245** (0.4219)0.6741*** (0.2459)Is one of the owners female? (Yes)1.1135*** (0.3246)0.9519** (0.3927)0.5806** (0.2722)
Manager's years of experience0.0068 (0.0120)0.0023 (0.0137)0.0015 (0.0081)Manager's years of experience0.0069 (0.0109)0.0036 (0.0124)0.0018 (0.0097)
International quality assurance qualification (Yes)0.7022** (0.3268)0.6230* (0.3717)0.4128* (0.2130)International quality assurance qualification (Yes)0.7043** (0.2955)0.6225* (0.3555)0.3881* (0.2064)
Is the firm part of another establishment? (Yes)0.2010 (0.3655)−0.2783 (0.4295)0.1451 (0.2666)Is the firm part of another establishment? (Yes)0.1774 (0.3403)−0.3210 (0.4022)0.1029 (0.2912)
Firm status (public owned)0.0255 (0.0713)0.0306 (0.0822)0.0118 (0.0849) 0.0234 (0.0655)0.0234 (0.0655)0.0129 (0.0733)
No. observations541528302No. observations532523282
R-square0.50300.23550.1999Centered R-Square0.50280.22410.1982
    Weak identification test13.139 [0.0004]16.103 [0.000]13.560 [0.0003]
    Hansen J statistic10.315 [0.1579]16.128 [0.0085]0.380 [0.9990]

Note(s): Standard errors within brackets, p-values within the square brackets, ***, ** and * indicate significance respectively at the 1, 5 and 10% level. The period of analysis is 2007–2013

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