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Table 11 Summary statistics, Western sample

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

Establishment level

Count

Mean

SD

Min

Max

Manufacturing

Log empl. growth rate

14,823

− 0.012

0.262

− 1.099

0.811

Full-time employment

14,823

13.580

49.362

1.000

1377.000

Log full-time empl. (estab.)

14,823

1.480

1.247

0.000

7.228

Log median wage (estab.)

14,823

4.239

0.399

2.319

5.208

Young estab.

14,823

0.060

0.238

0.000

1.000

Mid-age estab.

14,823

0.344

0.475

0.000

1.000

Share high-skilled (occ.)

14,823

0.054

0.145

0.000

1.000

Services

Log empl. growth rate

18,650

− 0.004

0.263

− 1.099

0.827

Full-time employment

18,650

6.867

21.668

1.000

732.000

Log full-time empl. (estab.)

18,650

1.062

1.086

0.000

6.596

Log median wage (estab.)

18,650

4.093

0.558

2.306

5.246

Young estab.

18,650

0.095

0.293

0.000

1.000

Mid-age estab.

18,650

0.404

0.491

0.000

1.000

Share high-skilled (occ.)

18,650

0.091

0.219

0.000

1.000

Municipality level

DSL availability

10,901

0.865

0.166

0.000

1.000

Distance to assigned MDF > 4200 m (IV)

10,901

0.374

0.484

0.000

1.000

Distance to MDF > 4200 m, population-weighted centroid (alternative IV)

10,356

0.283

0.450

0.000

1.000

Fraction of land area > 4200 m from MDF (alt. IV)

10,901

0.428

0.299

0.000

1.000

Log full-time empl., municip.

10,901

5.140

1.248

0.693

10.113

Log full-time empl. density, municip.

10,901

2.527

1.224

− 1.816

7.617

Log mean wage (full-time), municip.

10,901

4.339

0.172

2.913

5.137

Log full-time empl. growth rate, municip.

10,901

0.004

0.144

− 3.091

1.497

Share high-skilled (occ.), municip.

10,901

0.118

0.077

0.000

0.649

Own MDF (yes/no)

10,901

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

Distance to assigned MDF

10,901

3875.177

1430.371

304.452

10,200.920

Distance to assigned MDF, pop.-w. centroid

10,901

3577.541

1557.988

25.692

10,093.380

Distance to nearest MDF

10,901

3744.732

1316.459

86.527

9988.840

Distance to nearest MDF, pop.-w. centroid

10,901

3343.899

1362.057

25.692

9338.061

  1. Data sources: Broadband Atlas Germany, Deutsche Telekom, Google Earth, Corine Land Cover database, BHP 7510