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Table 5 Selected first stage regression results: Tests of instrumental variable power

From: Does leaving school in an economic downturn impact access to employer-sponsored health insurance?

 

Men

Women

Endogenous variable: School-leaving state unemployment rate

  

Sample mean

7.47

7.43

On time school-leaving state unemployment rate

0.7414*** (0.0485)

0.7959*** (0.0403)

On time years since school-leaving

0.0090** (0.0043)

0.0160*** (0.0058)

Interaction

0.0004 (0.0006)

-0.0011 (0.0007)

F-statistic of joint IV significance (p-value)

81.96 (0.0000)

134.25 (0.0000)

Endogenous variable: Time since school-leaving

  

Sample mean

1980.5

1980.3

On time school-leaving state unemployment rate

-0.0020 (0.0150)

-0.0032 (0.0132)

On time years since school-leaving

0.9877*** (0.0035)

0.9882*** (0.0033)

Interaction

-0.0000 (0.0003)

-0.0000 (0.0003)

F-statistic of joint IV significance (p-value)

38,136.83 (0.0000)

57,980.98 (0.0000)

Endogenous variable: School-leaving state unemployment rate*time since school-leaving

  

Sample mean

106.27

104.15

On time school-leaving state unemployment rate

-0.2332 (0.4699)

0.6619 (0.6439)

On time years since school-leaving

1.7647*** (0.2126)

1.9071*** (0.2013)

Interaction

0.7596*** (0.0345)

0.7269*** (0.0296)

F-statistic of joint IV significance (p-value)

2,750.53 (0.0000)

1,456.99 (0.0000)

N

57,827

56,862

  1. Notes: NLSY79 sample weights applied. All models estimated with OLS and adjust for personal characteristics, school-leaving state and year fixed effects. Standard errors are clustered around the school-leaving state and are reported in parentheses.
  2. ***; **; * = Statistically significant at the 1%; 5%; 10% level.