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Table 7 Robustness test of measured items

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

Models

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Dependent variables

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

The proportion of collective dispute cases accepted by arbitration institutions (Ln)

Ratio of workers involved in collective labor disputes to urban labor (Ln)

Ratio of collective labor disputes to urban labor (Ln)

Explanatory variables

    

Extra-arbitral mediatory capacity of labor arbitration institutions

−0.827*

−0.033

  
 

(0.398)

(0.439)

  

Arbitral mediatory capacity of labor arbitration institutions

−1.541*

−0.277

  
 

(0.744)

(0.726)

  

Mediatory capacity of labor arbitration institutions

  

−1.089**

−0.165

   

(0.409)

(0.440)

Constants

154.109

27.324

5.221

−104.318

 

(153.751)

(208.907)

(208.262)

(213.600)

Previous control variables

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Province-fixed effects

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Period-fixed effects

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Province-specific time trend

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

R-squared

0.503

0.723

0.692

0.662

Observations

280

280

280

280

  1. Huber-White standard errors in parentheses
  2. *,**,***Denote significance at the 95, 99, and 99.9 % levels, respectively