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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Popul Ageing. 2014 Jan 24;7(1):21–41. doi: 10.1007/s12062-014-9094-7

Table 7.

Discrete Transition Models for Entry into Poverty

Entry IV-Entry††
Age −0.025*** (0.006) 0.003 (0.009)
Age squared/100 0.022*** (0.004) 0.004 (0.006)
Female 0.044*** (0.01) 0.046*** (0.01)
Married −0.039*** (0.009) −0.040*** (0.009)
Married* Female −0.047*** (0.011) −0.038** (0.011)
College −0.118*** (0.007) −0.130*** (0.008)
High School −0.066*** (0.006) −0.068*** (0.006)
Retired 0.043*** (0.007) −0.095** (0.035)
Unemployed 0.125*** (0.018) 0.056* (0.025)
Disability 0.051*** (0.009) 0.057*** (0.009)
Health cond. −0.007 (0.006) −0.001 (0.006)
Constant 0.483* (0.194) −0.416 (0.294)

N 22647 22647

Hansen test for IV models (see footnote 10) χ2 = 2.707 P-value = 0.0999

Source: SHARE, Wave 4, Release 1.0.0; Wave 2, Release 2.5.0; Wave 1, Release 2.5.0. Models control for country, wave, and birth cohort effects. Standard errors in parentheses.

*

p<0.10,

**

p<0.05,

***

p<0.01;

Entry: discrete transition model;

††

IV-Entry: discrete transition model with retirement instrumented