Table 12 Mechanism analysis: Income channels.

From: Knowledge creates value: the role of financial literacy in entrepreneurial behavior

Explained variable

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Income

Income

Rank

Rank

Income

Income

Rank

Rank

Literacy1

 

0.231*** (0.015)

 

0.042*** (0.003)

 

1.026*** (0.038)

 

0.418*** (0.010)

Literacy2

0.226*** (0.015)

 

0.046*** (0.003)

 

1.012*** (0.036)

 

0.421*** (0.014)

 

Controls

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Observation

33,802

33,802

33,802

33,802

33,802

33,802

33,802

33,802

R2

0.181

0.181

      

Pseudo-R2

  

0.187

0.184

    

DWH test

    

12.216*** (0.000)

18.241*** (0.000)

16.246*** (0.000)

17.236*** (0.000)

First-stage estimated F value

    

101.56*** (0.000)

103.64*** (0.000)

101.67*** (0.000)

112.76*** (0.000)

Instrumental variable T value

    

12.31***

14.26***

12.71***

14.26***

  1. ***, **, and * refer to p < 0.01, p < 0.05, p < 0.1, respectively.