# **Table 10: Public input constraints and firm productivity/growth**

||||||||||||Sales to||Man. educ||L educ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Expand L|N|Log VA/L|N|TFP level|N|R&D (1/0)|N|Innovate|N|MNCs|N|(years)|N|(years)|N|
|Electricity|0.081**|10,913|0.011|6,921|-0.003|5,825|-0.052|7,951|0.004|8,397|0.001|2,285|0.005|9,809|-0.014**|8,893|
|Telecoms|0.060**|9,192|0.020*|5,364|0.040*|4,328|0.022|6,746|0.044|6,945|0.000|2,266|0.015**|8,348|0.010*|7,535|
|Transport|0.140**|10,809|0.017|6,885|0.008|5,807|-0.061*|7,921|0.104**|8,343|-0.002**|2,284|-0.002|9,712|0.011**|8,852|
|Customs|0.112**|9,916|0.045**|6,408|0.001|5,453|0.107**|7,643|0.116**|7,652|-0.001|2,239|0.025**|8,932|0.026**|8,344|
|Competit|0.040|10,398|0.029*|6,493|0.045|5,452|0.087*|7,706|0.232**|7,901|-0.001|2,274|0.010*|9,351|0.021**|8,613|
|AccessLand|0.049*|10,590|-0.002|6,832|-0.021|5,777|0.212**|7,699|0.032|8,101|-0.002**|2,282|-0.016**|9,530|-0.005|8,611|
|TaxRates|0.114**|10,556|0.050**|6,649|0.055*|5,600|0.158**|7,893|-0.001|8,078|0.000|2,263|0.025**|9,510|-0.006|8,792|
|TaxAdministration|0.170**|10,530|0.048**|6,643|0.062*|5,594|0.164**|7,891|0.020|8,057|0.000|2,261|0.038**|9,487|-0.009*|8,772|
|BusLicensing|0.078**|10,437|0.022*|6,650|0.001|5,729|0.103**|7,660|0.039|7,973|0.000|2,197|0.013**|9,381|0.006|8,481|
|PoliticalInstability|0.040|3,607|0.030|2,650|0.001|1,958|0.107|1,388|0.052|2,378|n.a.|-|0.012|2,839|-0.002|2,324|
|Corruption|0.216**|10,588|0.023|6,677|0.061*|5,615|0.183**|7,920|0.070*|8,143|-0.001|2,272|0.035**|9,537|-0.012*|8,835|
|Courts|0.098**|5,747|0.012|4,469|0.047|3,582|0.108*|3,479|0.019|4,418|0.001*|1,975|0.028**|4,921|0.016*|4,170|
|AccessFinancing|0.012<br>|10,783<br>|-0.029**|6,831|-0.063**|5,779|0.132**|7,939|0.020|8,300|-0.002**|2,278|-0.005|9,707|-0.002|8,810|
|LaborReg|0.054*|10,321|0.017|6,666|-0.012|5,617|0.066*|7,687|0.063*|7,877|-0.001|2,269|0.018**|9,307|0.000|8,590|
|InadEducLabor|0.131**|10,815|0.014|6,873|-0.003|5,804|0.081**|7,923|0.109**|8,324|0.002*|2,286|0.022**|9,734|0.001|8,827|
|GovPolicyUnc|0.114**|8,149|0.034**|5,492|0.016|5,084|0.194**|7,642|0.199**|7,186|0.000|2,255|0.020**|7,954|0.006|7,648|
|MacroInstability|0.109**|8,847|0.018|6,010|-0.011|5,303|0.192**|7,529|0.147**|7,885|0.000|2,245|0.019**|8,514|0.002|8,391|
|bribe|0.035**|9,711|0.014**|5,958|0.027**|5,051|0.059**|7,562|0.066**|7,403|0.000|2,233|0.010**|8,739|0.001|8,144|
|mng_time|-0.252|11,534|0.019|7,528|-0.102|6,408|0.772**|8,830|-1.363**|9,074|0.014*|2,251|0.130**|10,437|-0.064*|9,442|
|generator|0.020*|10,779|0.044**|7,341|0.036**|6,280|0.076**|8,645|0.091**|8,980|0.002**|2,234|0.019**|9,864|0.010**|9,422|
|insufficient_water|0.035**|9,518|0.012**|6,769|0.018*|5,859|0.015|7,445|0.070**|7,878|0.000**|1,867|0.003|8,838|0.010**|8,216|
|num_insp|2.078**|7,995|0.392*|5,752|0.016|5,390|2.651**|7,581|-0.642|7,047|-0.008|1,835|0.216**|7,841|0.043|7,324|
|days_customs|-0.495|2,926|-0.529*|1,948|-0.264|1,798|-0.798|2,657|-0.845|2,559|-0.007|381|-0.319*|2,757|0.053|2,728|
|m_power_out|0.052**|9,797|-0.001|6,434|0.000|5,369|-0.035**|7,397|0.049**|7,868|0.000|1,979|0.000|8,798|-0.010**|8,350|

Notes: Controls are: country fixed effects; log employment (size); new firm; services; foreign; exporter; importer; missing importer indicator; small city. “Pos” and green indicates a positive coefficient; “Neg” and red indicates a negative coefficient.

*=significant at the 5% level; **=significant at the 1% level.  Standard errors are robust to heteroskedasticity.

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