Table 4 Mechanism tests.

From: Does corporate digitalization promote labor investment efficiency? Evidence from Chinese listed companies

 

Business diversification

Operational uncertainty

High-quality workforce

Management supervision

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Digital1

0.0058*** (−3.25)

 

−0.0057*** (−3.27)

 

−0.0081*** (−4.73)

 

−0.0079*** (−4.61)

 

Digital2

 

−0.0347* (−1.82)

 

−0.0401** (−2.50)

 

−0.0624*** (−4.05)

 

−0.0605*** (−3.90)

Digital1 × Divers

−0.0002** (−2.19)

       

Digital2 × Divers

 

−0.0012* (−1.88)

      

Digital1 × EPU

  

−0.0025** (−2.32)

     

Digital2 × EPU

   

−0.0166** (−2.23)

    

Digital1 × Quality

    

−0.0171** (−2.19)

   

Digital2 × Quality

     

−0.2264** (−2.32)

  

Digital1 × IC

      

0.0009* (1.88)

 

Digital2 × IC

       

0.0117** (1.98)

Divers / EPU / Quality / IC

0.0009** (2.20)

0.0005* (1.75)

0.0076** (2.35)

0.0042** (2.17)

−0.0361** (−2.39)

−0.0268** (−2.33)

−0.0017* (−1.82)

−0.0012* (−1.72)

Controls

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Constant

0.3788*** (6.48)

0.3897*** (6.66)

0.3792*** (6.48)

0.3893*** (6.65)

0.3799*** (6.49)

0.3889*** (6.64)

0.3790*** (6.46)

0.3875*** (6.60)

Year

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Industry

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N

27,238

27,238

27,238

27,238

27,238

27,238

27,238

27,238

Adj_R2

0.1700

0.1705

0.1691

0.1699

0.1709

0.1717

0.1708

0.1713

  1. *, ** and *** denote significance at the 10%, 5% and 1% level, respectively. T-statistics (in parentheses) are based on standard errors clustered by firm.