2: Explanations and Statistical Descriptions of the Variables Variable Definition Observations Mean Standard Minimum Maximum Deviation Infrastructure Ratio of 1260 6.700 5.992 0.002 61.615 investments infrastructure investments to public expenditure Independent Variables: Officials Variables Age Secretary’s 1260 50.986 3.997 39 67 age Gender Secretary’s 1260 0.031 0.173 0 1 gender Whether 1260 0.060 0.240 0 1 Ethnic Secretary is from an ethnic minority Place Whether the 1260 0.074 0.262 0 1 secretary holds the
2: Explanations and Statistical Descriptions of the Variables Variable Definition Observations Mean Standard Deviation Minimum Maximum Infrastructure investments Ratio of infrastructure investments to public expenditure 1260 6.700 5.992 0.002 61.615 Independent Variables: Officials Variables Age Secretary’s age 1260 50.986 3.997 39 67 Gender Secretary’s gender 1260 0.031 0.173 0 1 Ethnic Whether Secretary is from an ethnic minority 1260 0.060 0.240 0 1 Place Whether the secretary holds the 1260 0.074 0.262 0 1
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