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Table 5 Log regression (\({\text{TFPQ}}_{si} /\overline{\text{TFPQ}}_{s} )\) on formality situation

From: Misallocation and manufacturing TFP in Ecuador: formal, semi-formal and informal firms

Variables

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

TFPQ

TFPQ

TFPQ

TFPQ

TFPQ

Completely informal

− 0.552

− 0.445

− 0.557

− 0.545

− 0.553

 

[0.050]***

[0.046]***

[0.086]***

[0.087]***

[0.086]***

Semi-formal

− 0.085

− 0.064

− 0.073

− 0.054

− 0.069

 

[0.022]***

[0.020]***

[0.028]***

[0.028]*

[0.028]**

Median A

 

0.543

0.588

0.586

0.586

  

[0.022]***

[0.021]***

[0.021]***

[0.021]***

Median B

 

0.878

0.953

0.946

0.951

  

[0.024]***

[0.023]***

[0.023]***

[0.023]***

Large

 

1

2

2

2

  

[0.023]***

[0.023]***

[0.023]***

[0.023]***

Level of informality

  

− 0.021

0.004

− 0.044

   

[0.074]

[0.075]

[0.075]

Region fixed effects

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

ISIC fixed effects

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Year fixed effects

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Constant

− 0.97

− 1.322

− 1.322

− 1.935

− 1.738

 

[0.034]***

[0.032]***

[0.088]***

[0.134]***

[0.138]***

Observations

16,517

16,517

16,517

16,511

16,511

R-squared

0.018

0.194

0.267

0.264

0.269

  1. Robust standard errors in brackets
  2. ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1