Table 9 Nonresponse analysis: results of multi-level logit model (nonresponse = 1) for German firms—estimated coefficients
From: Unit nonresponse at the firm level: a cross-border analysis using the IAB-ReLOC data
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Coefficients | Coefficients | Coefficients | |
Firm characteristics | |||
No. of employees 2010 (ref.: 50-99): | |||
1–5 | − 0.5069*** | − 0.5003*** | − 0.5337*** |
6–9 | − 0.4588*** | − 0.4509*** | − 0.4768*** |
10–19 | − 0.2903* | − 0.2907* | − 0.3018** |
20–49 | − 0.1673 | − 0.1708 | − 0.1828 |
100–199 | 0.1151 | 0.1106 | 0.1074 |
200–499 | 0.2656** | 0.2608** | 0.2496** |
500–999 | 0.3524* | 0.3439* | 0.3389* |
1000+ | 0.3460 | 0.3487 | 0.3715 |
Firm in BHP 1975 (yes = 1) | 0.1872 | 0.1935 | 0.3114 |
Firm age (in years, ln) | 0.0653 | 0.0635 | 0.1003 |
No. of establishments (ln) | 0.0576 | 0.0572 | 0.0603 |
MNE group (yes = 1) | 0.1055 | 0.1311 | 1.1194*** |
Distance to Czech border (in km, ln) | 0.2719** | 0.3019** | 0.3073** |
Border region Germany (yes = 1) | 0.1853 | 0.2458 | 0.2650 |
Interviewer characteristics | |||
Male (yes = 1) | − 0.0103 | − 0.0073 | |
Interviewer age (in years) | 0.0900** | 0.0871** | |
Interviewer age (in years) squared | − 0.0009*** | − 0.0009*** | |
Education level (ref.: high) | |||
Low | 0.1626 | 0.1663 | |
Medium | 0.5490*** | 0.5496*** | |
No. of assigned firms | − 0.0067*** | − 0.0066*** | |
FDI characteristics | |||
Equity share (ln) | − 0.0465 | ||
Direct investment (yes = 1) | − 0.5164*** | ||
Duration of investment (in years, ln) | − 0.2783*** | ||
Border region Czech Republic (yes = 1) | − 0.2117 | ||
Const. | − 0.5136 | − 2.6392** | − 2.6957** |
Random part: intercept variance (ζi) | 1.2088*** | 1.0630*** | 1.0760*** |
ICC | 0.2687 | 0.2442 | 0.2465 |
No. of observations | 7264 | 7264 | 7264 |
Log likelihood | − 3143.4866 | − 3125.9509 | − 3115.4869 |