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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 19.
Published in final edited form as: Econ Dev Cult Change. 2010 Apr;58(3):507–536. doi: 10.1086/650414

Table 4. Educational attainment of Africans aged 8 to 17.

Mother deceased Father deceased
Panel A - No household controls
1993 to 1998 −0.221 (0.037)** −0.104 (0.019)**
2001 −0.236 (0.012)** −0.143 (0.007)**
2002 to 2005 −0.189 (0.025)** −0.197 (0.019)**
Panel B - Household controls
1993 to 1998 −0.209 (0.038)** −0.065 (0.020)**
2001 −0.241 (0.014)** −0.092 (0.009)**
2002 to 2005 −0.203 (0.025)** −0.104 (0.018)**
Panel C - Household fixed effects
1993 to 1998 −0.196 (0.020)** −0.008 (0.014)
2001 −0.232 (0.017)** −0.059 (0.013)**
2002 to 2005 −0.239 (0.033)** −0.069 (0.027)*
*

significant at 5%;

**

significant at 1%

Each row presents selected coefficients and standard errors in parentheses from a single regression.

A full set of indicators for age, an indicator for sex and indicators that parents’ vital status is missing included in all expressions.