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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Econ. 2014 Apr 17;24(2):224–237. doi: 10.1002/hec.3012

Table 3.

Falsification test for Wald estimation in daughters-in-law and daughters

Sample Potentially endogenous variable Instrumental variable Daughters-in-law Caregiving for parent-in-law Parent has ADL limitations Daughters Caregiving for parent Parent-in-law has ADL limitations

Outcome Coeff. (S.E.) Coeff. (S.E.)
Prob(Pain affecting daily activities) 4.56 (5.88) −11.23* (6.70)
Prob(Self-reported health fair to poor) 8.19 (11.15) −15.93* (8.32)
Prob(Any outpatient care use) 5.54 (8.09) −3.87 (6.30)
 Log(Out-of-pocket costs) if any use 10.38 (12.58) −40.84 (29.56)
Prob(Any regular prescription drug use) 11.16 (15.11) −14.55* (8.32)
 Log(Out-of-pocket costs) if any use 8.76 (11.94) −6.98 (18.45)

Notes:

ADL, activity of daily living

Robust standard errors in parentheses

*

p<0.1.