Size effect in the labour and capital efficiencies of firms
| Panel A: Labour efficiency | Panel B: Capital efficiency | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2019 | 2006 | 2019 | |||||||||
| Model | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| −3.892*** | −5.596*** | −9.051*** | −0.488 | −0.519 | 0.182 | 46.791*** | 7.426*** | 8.503*** | 57.443*** | 38.752*** | 36.703*** | |
| W*EFF | 0.075*** | 0.079*** | 0.069*** | 0.008*** | 0.008*** | 0.009*** | 0.182*** | 0.113*** | 0.116*** | 0.086*** | 0.086*** | 0.088*** |
| GIL | −0.559*** | −0.582*** | −0.544*** | −0.037 | 0.026 | −0.035 | −0.829** | −0.885*** | −0.887*** | −1.254*** | −0.999** | −1.280*** |
| CMAN | −0.278*** | −0.206*** | −0.241*** | 0.072 | 0.059 | 0.070 | −0.781*** | −0.568*** | −0.538*** | 0.395*** | 0.384*** | 0.394*** |
| AGL | 0.393* | 0.474** | −0.591** | −0.693** | 1.524*** | 0.864** | −0.453 | −0.500 | ||||
| QCT | 1.953*** | 2.112*** | 1.940*** | 1.962*** | −4.229*** | −3.245*** | 3.539*** | 3.575*** | ||||
| EAI | 3.161*** | 3.595*** | 0.117 | 0.111 | −5.538*** | −2.974*** | 3.840*** | 4.305*** | ||||
| PDOM | 4.240*** | 4.933*** | −0.987 | −0.358 | 46.533*** | 44.522*** | 20.082*** | 21.349*** | ||||
| PFOR | 3.828*** | 3.402** | −1.612 | −1.427 | 35.848*** | 35.309*** | 17.487*** | 17.898*** | ||||
| GOV | 4.567 | 3.852 | 2.841 | 2.852 | 51.538*** | 50.760*** | 11.434 | 12.094 | ||||
| GIL*D | 0.362 | 0.307 | 0.280 | −0.184 | −0.180 | −0.153 | 1.146 | 0.900 | 1.112 | 0.518 | 0.487 | 0.647 |
| CMAN*D | 0.005 | −0.096 | −0.007 | −0.067 | −0.022 | −0.062 | 0.598* | 0.668* | 0.680** | −0.150 | −0.156 | −0.122 |
| AGL*D | 0.260 | −0.835 | 0.377 | 0.999* | 0.740 | −0.478 | 1.531*** | 0.574 | ||||
| QCT*D | −0.534 | −1.731 | −3.856*** | −3.872*** | 8.316*** | 6.042*** | 0.216 | −0.064 | ||||
| EAI*D | −0.572 | −2.245* | 1.129 | 0.837 | −0.155 | −3.574* | −1.294 | −1.414 | ||||
| PDOM*D | 2.243*** | 4.913*** | −1.145* | −2.817* | 3.522*** | 6.763** | 5.887*** | 3.287 | ||||
| PFOR*D | 4.753*** | 8.158*** | 4.469** | 3.310 | 12.502*** | 14.306*** | 8.280*** | 6.060* | ||||
| GOV*D | 2.613 | 6.711 | 7.509 | 6.055 | 7.499 | 9.698 | 15.260 | 12.818 | ||||
| Panel A: Labour efficiency | Panel B: Capital efficiency | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2019 | 2006 | 2019 | |||||||||
| Model | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| −3.892*** | −5.596*** | −9.051*** | −0.488 | −0.519 | 0.182 | 46.791*** | 7.426*** | 8.503*** | 57.443*** | 38.752*** | 36.703*** | |
| W*EFF | 0.075*** | 0.079*** | 0.069*** | 0.008*** | 0.008*** | 0.009*** | 0.182*** | 0.113*** | 0.116*** | 0.086*** | 0.086*** | 0.088*** |
| GIL | −0.559*** | −0.582*** | −0.544*** | −0.037 | 0.026 | −0.035 | −0.829** | −0.885*** | −0.887*** | −1.254*** | −0.999** | −1.280*** |
| CMAN | −0.278*** | −0.206*** | −0.241*** | 0.072 | 0.059 | 0.070 | −0.781*** | −0.568*** | −0.538*** | 0.395*** | 0.384*** | 0.394*** |
| AGL | 0.393* | 0.474** | −0.591** | −0.693** | 1.524*** | 0.864** | −0.453 | −0.500 | ||||
| QCT | 1.953*** | 2.112*** | 1.940*** | 1.962*** | −4.229*** | −3.245*** | 3.539*** | 3.575*** | ||||
| EAI | 3.161*** | 3.595*** | 0.117 | 0.111 | −5.538*** | −2.974*** | 3.840*** | 4.305*** | ||||
| PDOM | 4.240*** | 4.933*** | −0.987 | −0.358 | 46.533*** | 44.522*** | 20.082*** | 21.349*** | ||||
| PFOR | 3.828*** | 3.402** | −1.612 | −1.427 | 35.848*** | 35.309*** | 17.487*** | 17.898*** | ||||
| GOV | 4.567 | 3.852 | 2.841 | 2.852 | 51.538*** | 50.760*** | 11.434 | 12.094 | ||||
| GIL*D | 0.362 | 0.307 | 0.280 | −0.184 | −0.180 | −0.153 | 1.146 | 0.900 | 1.112 | 0.518 | 0.487 | 0.647 |
| CMAN*D | 0.005 | −0.096 | −0.007 | −0.067 | −0.022 | −0.062 | 0.598* | 0.668* | 0.680** | −0.150 | −0.156 | −0.122 |
| AGL*D | 0.260 | −0.835 | 0.377 | 0.999* | 0.740 | −0.478 | 1.531*** | 0.574 | ||||
| QCT*D | −0.534 | −1.731 | −3.856*** | −3.872*** | 8.316*** | 6.042*** | 0.216 | −0.064 | ||||
| EAI*D | −0.572 | −2.245* | 1.129 | 0.837 | −0.155 | −3.574* | −1.294 | −1.414 | ||||
| PDOM*D | 2.243*** | 4.913*** | −1.145* | −2.817* | 3.522*** | 6.763** | 5.887*** | 3.287 | ||||
| PFOR*D | 4.753*** | 8.158*** | 4.469** | 3.310 | 12.502*** | 14.306*** | 8.280*** | 6.060* | ||||
| GOV*D | 2.613 | 6.711 | 7.509 | 6.055 | 7.499 | 9.698 | 15.260 | 12.818 | ||||
Note(s): The Table presents the results of estimating the equation
It takes the value of 1 for large firms and 0 otherwise. Firms are classified into various size categories in the database
***, ** and * are 1, 5 and 10% significant levels respectively