Tab. 8 Descriptive statistics
Variable | N | Mean | St. Dev. |
|---|---|---|---|
Expanding outsourcing in the last two years | 15333 | 0.110 | 0.313 |
Ratio of externally sourced inputs to value added | 10624 | 2.421 | 6.578 |
Change in the ratio of externally sourced inputs to value added | 7768 | −0.082 | 6.841 |
Sales per employee (kEUR) | 12979 | 166.292 | 572.729 |
Export share | 14501 | 9.375 | 20.362 |
Increasing sales expected | 17347 | 0.225 | 0.418 |
Investments in ICT | 14732 | 0.524 | 0.499 |
Investments in production facilities | 14732 | 0.500 | 0.500 |
Wages per employee (kEUR) | 13384 | 1.963 | 1.004 |
State-of-the-art technology | 9272 | 0.686 | 0.464 |
Works council | 18708 | 0.337 | 0.473 |
Collective agreement | 18717 | 0.535 | 0.499 |
Western Germany | 18753 | 0.673 | 0.469 |
Number of employees (log.) | 18753 | 3.723 | 1.480 |
Share of separations | 18714 | 0.066 | 0.274 |
Share of high-skilled employees | 18751 | 0.659 | 0.268 |
Share of fixed-term employees | 18699 | 0.043 | 0.115 |
New establishment | 18578 | 0.597 | 0.491 |
Single establishment firm (without subsidiaries) | 18512 | 0.724 | 0.447 |
Partnership | 18510 | 0.075 | 0.263 |
Limited liability corporation | 18510 | 0.635 | 0.481 |
Company limited by shares | 18510 | 0.055 | 0.227 |
Public corporation | 18510 | 0.006 | 0.078 |
Other legal form | 18510 | 0.021 | 0.143 |