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Table 6 OLS estimates, knowledge- and computer-intensive industries

From: Broadband internet availability and establishments’ employment growth in Germany: evidence from instrumental variables estimations

Log employment growth rate

Western Germany

Eastern Germany

Knowledge-intensive industries

Computer-intensive industries

Knowledge-intensive industries

Computer-intensive industries

DSL availability

0.199 (1.55)

0.086 (2.28)**

0.064 (2.30)**

0.002 (0.19)

Establishment controls

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Municipality controls

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Year FE

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Industry FE (3-digit)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

District FE

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Observations

5868

17,740

16,608

41,251

Adjusted R2

0.150

0.053

0.048

0.018

  1. t statistics in parentheses. * p < 0.10, ** p < 0.05, *** p < 0.01. All estimations weighted by full-time employment. Constant omitted from output. Standard errors clustered at the municipality level. Data sources: Broadband Atlas Germany, BHP 7510