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Table 5. 
Determinants of Sectoral Shares of Exports, 1991–2014 (% of all merchandise and service exports)
AgricultureMiningManufacturingLIMServices
ln YPC −51.343*** −10.631 64.43*** 17.49++ 15.661 
 (−2.42) (−0.71) (2.82) (1.28) (0.60) 
ln YPC squared 3.241*** 0.560 −3.443*** −1.232++ −0.872 
 (2.71) (0.64) (−2.76) (−1.63) (−0.63) 
Agricultural endowment 2.779     
 (1.44)     
Mineral endowment  0.258    
  (0.76)    
Capital endowment   −0.980 −1.523 4.042 
   (0.25) (−0.82) (1.21) 
R-squared (adjusted) 0.21 0.16 0.06 0.11 0.03 
Observations 2,063 1,837 2,061 2,049 2,369 
No. of countries 109 100 109 108 112 
Country fixed effects Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 
Year fixed effects Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 
AgricultureMiningManufacturingLIMServices
ln YPC −51.343*** −10.631 64.43*** 17.49++ 15.661 
 (−2.42) (−0.71) (2.82) (1.28) (0.60) 
ln YPC squared 3.241*** 0.560 −3.443*** −1.232++ −0.872 
 (2.71) (0.64) (−2.76) (−1.63) (−0.63) 
Agricultural endowment 2.779     
 (1.44)     
Mineral endowment  0.258    
  (0.76)    
Capital endowment   −0.980 −1.523 4.042 
   (0.25) (−0.82) (1.21) 
R-squared (adjusted) 0.21 0.16 0.06 0.11 0.03 
Observations 2,063 1,837 2,061 2,049 2,369 
No. of countries 109 100 109 108 112 
Country fixed effects Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 
Year fixed effects Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 

LIM = labor-intensive manufacturing, ln = natural logarithm, YPC = income per capita.

Notes: t statistics in parentheses. ***p < 0.01. For labor-intensive manufacturing, F statistics in parentheses. ++p(F) < 0.05. Labor-intensive manufacturing includes textiles, clothing, and footwear.

Source: Authors’ computations.

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