Table 9 Standardized biases of variables and differences between groups before and after matching.
From: Chinese FDI, political events in recipient countries, and the innovation of African firms
Covariates | Mean | T test | MSB (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Treat | Control | t | p > t | Pre | Post | |
Share | 83.267 | 81.571 | 0.66 | 0.51 | 13.2 | 7.5 |
Own | 78.130 | 76.248 | 0.45 | 0.65 | −0.9 | 4.9 |
Age | 17.05 | 16.938 | 0.07 | 0.94 | −5.2 | 0.8 |
Work | 15.404 | 14.938 | 0.39 | 0.697 | −10.3 | 4.4 |
Out | 7.863 | 10.180 | −0.91 | 0.364 | 6.9 | −9.2 |
Fin_c | 0.329 | 0.322 | 0.12 | 0.906 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
Fin_e | 0.614 | 0.608 | 0.11 | 0.909 | −7.6 | 1.3 |
Scale | 56.050 | 51.329 | 0.30 | 0.762 | −9.8 | 3.4 |
Hum | 60.012 | 50.466 | 1.07 | 0.286 | −5.2 | 11.9 |
Train | 0.322 | 0.347 | −0.47 | 0.638 | 3.3 | −5.2 |
