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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Econ. 2008 Apr 16;27(5):1312–1325. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2008.04.002

Table D.3.

Difference between Balanced and Unbalanced Panel Reduced Form Estimates and Tests for Attrition

Log Wealth Husband's Health Wife's Health
Difference std.error Difference std.error Difference std.error



wealth t−1 −0,023 0,031 hlt m t−1 −0,007 0,028 hlt f t−1 −0,031 0,024
wealth t−2 0,038 0,019 hlt m t−2 −0,013 0,011 hlt f t−2 −0,007 0,009
wealth t−1 × t 0,017 0,013 hlt m t−3 −0,014 0,012 hlt f t−3 −0,003 0,010
hlt m t−1 0,258 0,101 hlt m t−1 × t −0,007 0,006 hlt f t−1 × t 0,001 0,005
hlt m t−2 0,044 0,053 wealth t−1 −0,037 0,017 wealth t−1 −0,039 0,018
hlt m t−1 × t −0,050 0,019 wealth t−2 −0,004 0,008 wealth t−2 −0,004 0,007
hlt f t−1 0,090 0,108 wealth t−1 × t 0,009 0,004 wealth t−1 × t 0,008 0,004
hlt f t−2 0,012 0,042 hlt f t−1 −0,002 0,004 hlt m t−1 0,002 0,003
hlt f t−1 × t −0,010 0,022 hlt f t−2 0,004 0,003 hlt m t−2 −0,002 0,002
hlt f t−1 × t 0,001 0,002 hlt m t−1 × t −0,001 0,001
Chi-square 19,74 Chi-square 27,81 Chi-square 12,58
p-value 0,013 p-value 0,0019 0,248

Notes: For each variable, the difference between parameter estimate from balanced and unbalanced sample is reported along with standard errors calculated from 50 boostrap replications. "Chi-squae" refers to the Nijman Verbeek (1996) test comparing all parameter estimates.