Table A1.
Response selection check of survey date.
| (a) Characteristics of respondents compared to individuals in sampling frame | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
| VARIABLES | ln(firm emp) | ln(estab emp) | ln(caiptal) | ln(sales) | age | male |
| respondent | 0.10*** | 0.09*** | 0.09*** | 0.10*** | 3.06*** | 0.11*** |
| (0.02) | (0.01) | (0.02) | (0.02) | (0.14) | (0.00) | |
| Observations | 26,561 | 26,556 | 20,067 | 20,877 | 28,169 | 28,169 |
| R-squared | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.017 | 0.016 |
| Mean dep var | 1.501 | 1.415 | 1.524 | 3.924 | 52.04 | 0.775 |
| (b) Characteristics of individuals in the analysis sample compared to respondents | ||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
| VARIABLES | ln(firm emp) | ln(estab emp) | ln(caiptal) | ln(sales) | age | male |
| satisfying criteria | 0.09*** | 0.07*** | 0.16*** | 0.17*** | 0.54** | 0.03*** |
| (0.02) | (0.02) | (0.04) | (0.03) | (0.22) | (0.01) | |
| Observations | 9219 | 9176 | 7173 | 7710 | 9224 | 9224 |
| R-squared | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.003 | 0.004 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Mean dep var | 1.236 | 1.196 | 1.306 | 3.684 | 55.30 | 0.872 |
Notes: “Satisfying criteria” in Panel (b) means the sample satisfying criteria except for employment size, because only firms with 20 or fewer employees are used in this analysis. “Later group” in Panels (c) and (d) indicates samples from the later survey sent on May 15 compared with the samples from the earlier survey sent on May 8.