Agglomeration and Spatial Distribution of E-Commerce Sector in China: A Case Study of Jiangsu Province

Table 1

Independent variables.

Independent variable	Meaning of the indicator	Code for the indicator
Logistics	Number of logistics companies in the cluster	trans
Number of e-commerce	Number of different types of e-merchants in the cluster	num
Size	Area of the cluster	area
Duration	Average duration of establishment of “Taobao villages” in the cluster	dur
Employees	Proportion of e-commerce workers to total population	emp
Education level	Proportion of university students among e-commerce workers	edu
Age	Average age of e-commerce workers	age
Marital	Marital status of e-commerce workers	marital