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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 26.
Published in final edited form as: Econ Dev Cult Change. 2012 Oct 1;61(1):127–156. doi: 10.1086/666952

Table 10.

Estimates of Measures of Childhood Health on Economic Outcomes by Province (Standard errors in parenthesis below estimated coefficients)

Men Women

Zhejiang Gansu difference Zhejiang Gansu difference
Log PCE
“Excellent” or “V good” child health 0.184** (0.089) -0.047 (0.158) -0.228 (0.187) -0.038 (0.073) -0.033 (0.135) 0.002 (0.149)
height (cm) 0.012** (0.005) 0.006 (0.009) -0.008 (0.009) 0.005 (0.009) 0.022 (0.013) 0.012 (0.015)
N 470 408 483 387
Log income
“Excellent” or “V good” child health 0.391 (0.300) 0.038 (0.343) -0.352 (0.448) -0.037 (0.314) 0.311 (0.347) 0.351 (0.463)
height (cm) 0.036** (0.017) 0.017 (0.020) -0.010 (0.026) 0.057*** (0.020) -0.005 (0.037) -0.054 (0.036)
N 470 408 483 387
Log wealth
“Excellent” or “V good” child health 0.391 (0.300) 0.038 (0.343) -0.352 (0.448) -0.037 (0.314) 0.311 (0.347) 0.351 (0.463)
height (cm) 0.036** (0.017) 0.017 (0.020) -0.010 (0.026) 0.057*** (0.020) -0.005 (0.037) -0.054 (0.036)
N 470 408 483 387
Education (ordered probit)
“Excellent” or “V good” child health -0.155 (0.130) -0.153 (0.151) -0.027 (0.200) -0.018 (0.126) 0.051 (0.168) 0.043 (0.212)
height (cm) 0.019** (0.009) 0.029*** (0.008) 0.022* (0.012) 0.011 (0.010) 0.032** (0.014) 0.037** (0.018)
N 470 409 483 387
***

Is statistically significant at one percent level

**

is statistically significant at five percent level:

*

is statistically significant at ten percent level. Community fixed effects are included.