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Table 4 List of variables

From: Can the strategy of “mediate first” reduce collective labor disputes?—An empirical test based on province-level panel data from 1999 to 2011

Variables

Obs

Mean

Std

Min

Max

Average involved workers per collective dispute case accepted by arbitration institution (Ln)

371

3.15

0.75

0.56

5.62

Proportion of collective dispute cases accepted by arbitration institution (Ln)

371

−3.24

0.97

−6.35

-0.25

Mediatory capacity of labor arbitration institutions

302

0.49

0.14

0.15

0.88

Appeal rate of labor arbitration by workers (Ln)

366

2.26

1.34

−2.81

6.14

Ratio of social-security disputes to payment disputes (Ln)

355

0.02

0.91

−4.80

2.18

Expenditure on political and legal affairs per capita (Ln)

355

4.99

0.74

2.83

7.19

Coverage of enterprise mediation committees

371

13.85

11.26

0.18

6.04

GDP per capita (Ln)

372

9.52

0.67

7.88

11.10

FDI dependency

372

0.03

0.02

0.00

0.10

Scale of urban labor

372

61.33

426.16

22.56

2601.89

Marketization of labor

372

0.54

0.15

0.21

0.86

Ratio of employees in secondary industries to those in tertiary industries

371

0.70

0.26

0.26

1.47

Unemployment rate

371

3.71

0.70

0.80

6.50

Ratio of resident population to registered population

372

1.03

0.12

0.82

1.65