Table 3.

Matching Estimates of Maternal Job Displacement During Childhood on Children's Outcomes in Young Adulthood

	Unmatched differences	Propensity score kernel matching, TT	Propensity score kernel matching, TUT
Socioeconomic Status
High school completion	−0.053 **	−0.037 †	−0.052 *
binary 0/1	(0.021)	(0.022)	(0.024)
College attendance	−0.089 ***	−0.063 **	−0.099 ***
binary 0/1	(0.023)	(0.023)	(0.022)
College completion	−0.051 **	−0.036 *	−0.043 *
binary 0/1	(0.019)	(0.016)	(0.017)
Psychological Well-Being
CESD age 20–24	0.018 †	0.014	0.022 *
scale range 0–1	(0.009)	(0.009)	(0.010)
CESD age 25–29	0.030 **	0.025 *	0.034 **
scale range 0–1	(0.011)	(0.011)	(0.012)

Notes: Numbers in parentheses are standard errors. Sample restricted to children whose mothers were not continuously married and living with their spouse, for whom

^†p<.10

^*p <.05

^**p < .01

^***p < .001 (two-tailed tests)