Table 3 Robustness test: alternative analysis.

From: Divergent pathways from autonomy to performance: talent strategies in top Chinese public research institutions

Research institutes and universities

Poisson regression

Alternative variable

Winsorized sample

Kernel matching

(7A)

(7B)

(8A)

(8B)

(9A)

(9B)

(10A)

(10B)

Paper

ESI Paper

Paper

ESI Paper

Paper

ESI Paper

Paper

ESI Paper

Treatment × Post

0.082***

(0.004)

0.184***

(0.031)

0.119**

(0.048)

0.189***

(0.070)

0.132***

(0.042)

0.179***

(0.056)

0.162***

(0.038)

0.286***

(0.070)

Size

0.000***

(0.000)

0.000***

(0.000)

−0.463***

(0.029)

−0.229***

(0.042)

0.310***

(0.026)

0.289***

(0.034)

0.291***

(0.021)

0.288***

(0.038)

R&D expenditure

0.487***

(0.005)

0.688***

(0.038)

0.073*

(0.041)

0.033

(0.060)

0.101***

(0.036)

0.122**

(0.048)

0.123***

(0.026)

0.142***

(0.047)

Lab

0.013***

(0.004)

0.134***

(0.032)

0.111*

(0.065)

0.122

(0.096)

0.091

(0.058)

0.046

(0.077)

0.111**

(0.048)

0.228***

(0.088)

Age

0.074***

(0.002)

0.045*

(0.015)

1.855

(3.976)

0.202

(5.768)

−3.079

(3.517)

−1.066

(4.680)

−3.199

(3.256)

0.264

(5.934)

Constant

  

−0.169

(0.331)

−0.304

(0.485)

0.091

(0.058)

−0.318

(0.390)

−0.478*

(0.280)

−0.235

(0.511)

Observations

582

582

582

582

582

582

726

726

Individual FE

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Year FE

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Research institutes

Poisson regression

Alternative variable

Winsorized sample

Kernel matching

(7C)

(7D)

(8C)

(8D)

(9C)

(9D)

(10C)

(10D)

Paper

ESI Paper

Paper

ESI Paper

Paper

ESI Paper

Paper

ESI Paper

Treatment × Post

0.132***

(0.009)

0.244***

(0.055)

0.151***

(0.057)

0.007***

(0.002)

0.087*

(0.048)

0.249***

(0.071)

0.105**

(0.049)

0.290***

(0.071)

Size

0.000***

(0.000)

0.000

(0.000)

−0.769***

(0.105)

−0.000***

(0.000)

0.103

(0.088)

0.052

(0.130)

0.101

(0.082)

0.008

(0.119)

R&D expenditure

0.185***

(0.009)

0.213***

(0.070)

0.037

(0.035)

−0.000

(0.002)

0.011

(0.030)

−0.000

(0.044)

0.030

(0.029)

0.030

(0.042)

Age

0.100***

(0.004)

0.108***

(0.033)

4.553***

(1.013)

0.002***

(0.000)

4.018***

(0.851)

1.510

(1.258)

4.642***

(0.761)

1.976*

(1.105)

Constant

  

0.233*

(0.122)

−0.023

(0.021)

0.179*

(0.102)

−0.068

(0.151)

0.267***

(0.094)

−0.004

(0.136)

Observations

348

348

348

348

348

348

456

456

Individual FE

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Year FE

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Universities

Poisson regression

Alternative variable

Winsorized sample

Kernel matching

(7E)

(7F)

(8E)

(8F)

(9E)

(9F)

(10E)

(10F)

Paper

ESI Paper

Paper

ESI Paper

Paper

ESI Paper

Paper

ESI Paper

Treatment × Post

0.021***

(0.005)

0.120***

(0.038)

0.100

(0.089)

0.128

(0.139)

0.140**

(0.061)

0.245**

(0.105)

0.242***

(0.064)

0.346***

(0.122)

Size

0.000***

(0.000)

0.000***

(0.000)

−0.654***

(0.072)

−0.429***

(0.031)

0.132***

(0.046)

0.142***

(0.054)

0.175***

(0.031)

0.005**

(0.058)

R&D expenditure

0.678***

(0.006)

0.989***

(0.049)

0.206

(0.148)

0.238

(0.231)

0.420***

(0.101)

0.417**

(0.174)

0.359***

(0.131)

0.332

(0.247)

Lab

−0.002

(0.004)

0.102***

(0.032)

0.019

(0.085)

0.007

(0.134)

−0.136**

(0.058)

−0.050

(0.100)

0.013

(0.057)

0.079

(0.109)

Age

0.124***

(0.002)

0.190***

(0.015)

7.508*

(3.894)

6.642

(6.099)

2.040

(2.663)

5.120

(4.581)

2.105

(2.915)

5.194

(5.512)

Constant

  

0.193

(0.395)

0.117

(0.618)

−0.113

(0.270)

0.179

(0.464)

−0.131

(0.304)

0.144

(0.575)

Observations

234

234

234

234

234

234

270

270

Individual FE

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Year FE

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

  1. ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1.