Table 5 Robustness checks using alternative measures.

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

Panel A: Alternative measures of corporate digital development

 

Dependent variable = Ablabor

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Digital_Money1

−0.0007*** (−3.60)

   

Digital_Money2

 

−0.2738*** (−2.89)

  

Digital_Patents1

  

−0.0090*** (−4.20)

 

Digital_Patents2

   

−0.0678*** (−3.17)

Controls

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Year

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Industry

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N

27,211

27,211

27,238

27,238

Adj_R2

0.1728

0.1711

0.1687

0.1696

Panel B: Alternative measures of labor investment efficiency

 

Dependent variable = Ablabor2

Dependent variable = Ablabor3

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Digital1

−0.0063** (−2.44)

 

−0.0056*** (−5.07)

 

Digital2

 

−0.0486** (−2.04)

 

−0.0366*** (−3.63)

Controls

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Year

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Industry

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N

27,238

27,238

27,235

27,235

Adj_R2

0.0764

0.0769

0.2957

0.2950

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