Table 3.
Intentions to start an IT business (marginal effects).
| VARIABLES | Intention to start an IT business | Intention to start an IT business, without Moscow and St. Petersburg |
|---|---|---|
| New skills acquired | 0.028 (0.021) |
0.045** (0.021) |
| Financial worry | 0.048* (0.025) |
0.035 (0.032) |
| Preference for formal employment | −0.006 (0.032) |
0.015 (0.034) |
| Preference for remote work | 0.074*** (0.023) |
0.090*** (0.023) |
| Female | 0.330*** (0.028) |
0.369*** (0.026) |
| Age | 0.330*** (0.028) |
0.369*** (0.026) |
| Married | 0.330*** (0.028) |
0.369*** (0.026) |
| Has a higher education | 0.330*** (0.028) |
0.369*** (0.026) |
| Self-assessed health | 0.330*** (0.028) |
0.369*** (0.026) |
| Income (below 15,000 Rub is a default) | ||
| 15,001–60,000 Rub | 0.047 (0.030) |
0.004 (0.036) |
| above 60,000 Rub | 0.109** 0.047 |
0.018 0.004 |
| Employed | 0.022 (0.016) |
0.006 (0.021) |
| Currently works in IT | −0.042 (0.032) |
−0.043 (0.032) |
| Lives in Moscow or St. Petersburg | −0.002 (0.022) |
|
| Region FE | yes | yes |
| Current/past occupation sector FE | yes | yes |
| Nr. of regions | 36 | 34 |
| Pseudo-R2 | 0.651 | 0.688 |
| Observations | 810 | 648 |
Notes: ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1. Marginal effects are reported. Intention to start a business in all other sectors is used as a default. Robust standard errors clustered at the regional level are in parentheses. The weights from entropy balancing are used. Controls for “difficult to say” answers to financial worry, preference for formal employment, remote work questions, and the control for refusal to answer the question on income are included.