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Table 6 Robustness on different-order polynomials

From: A new look at technical progress and early retirement

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

Dep. var.: Retired

Benchmark

Linear

Order 3

TFP growth

0.075

0.017

0.093

 

(0.010)

(0.005)

(0.023)

TFP growth squared

–0.015

 

–0.026

 

(0.002)

 

(0.013)

TFP growth cube

  

0.002

   

(0.002)

Married (d)

0.009

0.009

0.009

 

(0.004)

(0.004)

(0.004)

Spouse working (d)

–0.042

–0.042

–0.042

 

(0.004)

(0.004)

(0.004)

Emp. health ins. (d)

–0.001

–0.000

–0.001

 

(0.005)

(0.005)

(0.005)

Gov. health ins. (d)

0.127

0.127

0.127

 

(0.013)

(0.013)

(0.013)

Wealth

0.062

0.066

0.061

 

(0.023)

(0.023)

(0.023)

Pension (d)

–0.079

–0.078

–0.079

 

(0.009)

(0.009)

(0.009)

Very good health (d)

0.014

0.015

0.014

 

(0.005)

(0.005)

(0.005)

Good health (d)

0.026

0.026

0.026

 

(0.005)

(0.005)

(0.005)

Fair health (d)

0.076

0.077

0.076

 

(0.010)

(0.010)

(0.010)

Poor health (d)

0.279

0.279

0.279

 

(0.026)

(0.026)

(0.026)

Pseudo R-squared

0.239

0.237

0.239

Observations

21,856

21,856

21,856

  1. Notes: All models include race, foreign-born, geographical, education, occupation, age, cohort, and sector dummies, as well as controls for the unemployment rate in the survey year and the sector experience. Statistical significance is represented by * for p<0.10, ** for p<0.05, and *** for p<0.01. Standard errors are clustered at the sector-wave level. All models report the marginal effects of logit regressions