1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

1) Total Tax/GDP

Spearman’s rho Correlation

1.000

Sig. (2-tailed)

N

84

2) Intensity of Regulation

Spearman’s rho Correlation

0.085

1.000

Sig. (2-tailed)

0.439

N

84

162

3) Corruption/Quality of public institutions

Spearman’s rho Correlation

−0.604**

0.008

1.000

Sig. (2-tailed)

0.000

0.921

N

84

162

162

4) Unemployment Rate

Spearman’s rho Correlation

0.734**

0.170*

−0.361**

1.000

Sig. (2-tailed)

0.000

0.030

0.000

N

84

162

162

162

5) Self-employment Rate

Spearman’s rho Correlation

0.735**

0.035

−0.481**

0.712**

1.000

Sig. (2-tailed)

0.000

0.654

0.000

0.000

N

84

162

162

162

162

6) Size of the Agricultural Sector

Spearman’s rho Correlation

0.690**

0.007

−0.628**

0.689**

0.889**

1.000

Sig. (2-tailed)

0.000

0.935

0.000

0.000

0.000

N

84

162

162

162

162

162

7) Fairness of Income Distribution

Spearman’s rho Correlation

0.181

−0.101

0.228

−0.301

0.105

−0.219

1.000

Sig. (2-tailed)

0.446

0.589

0.218

0.100

0.572

0.237

N

20

31

31

31

31

31

31

8) Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Spearman’s rho Correlation

0.336**

−0.105

−0.335**

0.656**

0.414**

0.508**

−0.177

1.000

Sig. (2-tailed)

0.005

0.233

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.367

N

69

131

131

131

131

131

28

131

9) Size of Shadow Economy

Spearman’s rho Correlation

0.490**

0.317**

−0.411**

0.686**

0.483**

0.573**

−0.099

0.828**

1.000

Sig. (2-tailed)

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.618

0.000

N

69

128

128

128

128

128

28

128

128