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Table 6 Estimates of differences in the log-number of DI beneficiaries by diagnostic type and by gubernatorial term length

From: The political economy of the disability insurance: theory and evidence of gubernatorial learning

Dep. variable

Multiterm

SE

Multiterm

SE

Change in beneficiaries

State FE

Governor FE

Congenital

0.01*

(0.01)

-0.00

(0.01)

Endocrinous

0.01

(0.02)

-0.00

(0.02)

Infectious

0.02

(0.02)

0.01

(0.02)

Injuries

0.02

(0.02)

0.03

(0.03)

Total mental

-0.03

(0.06)

-0.06

(0.08)

Retardation

-0.01

(0.02)

-0.05

(0.03)

Other mental

-0.02

(0.05)

-0.01

(0.08)

Neoplasm

0.00

(0.02)

-0.01

(0.03)

Blood

-0.01

(0.01)

-0.02

(0.01)

Circulatory system

-0.00

(0.02)

0.01

(0.03)

Digestive system

0.01

(0.01)

0.01

(0.02)

Genitourinary

0.02

(0.01)

0.01

(0.02)

Musculoskeletal

-0.07

(0.04)

-0.04

(0.06)

Nervous

0.02

(0.02)

0.00

(0.03)

Respiratory

0.00

(0.02)

-0.05**

(0.02)

Skin

-0.01

(0.01)

-0.01

(0.01)

Other mental

0.01

(0.01)

-0.00

(0.01)

  1. Based on the DI statistical supplements from 2000 to 2007. Heteroskedasticity and autocorrelation (4 lags) robust standard errors at the state level in parentheses. Coefficients that are significant at the.10 [.05] (.01) are marked with *[**](***). All regressions include year fixed effects, and either state or governor fixed effects.