Table 8 Estimates of differences in allowance rates by gubernatorial term length for three different time periods: 1982–86, 1987–92, 1993–00
From: The political economy of the disability insurance: theory and evidence of gubernatorial learning
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dependent variable | Disability | Concurrent | Disability | Concurrent |
| Insurance (DI) | (DI + SSI) | Insurance (DI) | (DI + SSI) | |
| allowance | allowance | log-applications | log-applications | |
| rate (in %) | rate (in %) | (in %) | (in %) | |
| =1 if multiterm in 1982–85 | 0.70 | 0.55 | -0.47 | -5.60* |
| (1.23) | (1.45) | (2.54) | (3.39) | |
| =1 if multiterm in 1987–92 | 1.16* | 1.92*** | -0.06 | 0.56 |
| (0.67) | (0.68) | (1.46) | (1.82) | |
| =1 if multiterm in 1993–00 | 1.93*** | 1.76** | -1.25 | -1.05 |
| (0.71) | (0.69) | (1.79) | (2.15) | |
| State FE | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Year FE | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Clustered standard errors | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Estimation method | OLS | OLS | OLS | OLS |
| Observations | 745 | 745 | 745 | 745 |
| R-squared | 0.796 | 0.730 | 0.994 | 0.992 |