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Table 2 OLS

From: The importance of owner-managed SMEs and regional apprenticeship activity: evidence from the German Mittelstand

Dependent variable: Apprenticeship

 

(1)

(2)

Share of Mittelstand firms

0.0496***

0.0251**

Unemployment rate

 

− 0.0414*

Unemployed potential trainees

 

0.0790***

Medium-skilled potential trainees

 

− 2.4162

High-skilled potential trainees

 

− 0.0753

Size of universities

 

− 0.3006*

Distance to universities

 

0.0049*

Small firms

 

0.2290***

Large firms

 

− 0.0239

Working-age population

 

0.0331

Population density

 

0.0001

GDP per capita

 

− 0.0084

CDU/CSU/FDP

 

0.0254***

Other parties

 

0.0579***

Sectors

 

×

Occupations

 

×

N

326

326

adj R2

0.07

0.698

F-value

25.4***

13.7***

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