TABLE III.
Effect of Public Treatment on Sign-up Decision
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dependent variable | Dummy: student signed up for the SAT prep course | |||||
| Public treatment | −0.1083*** [0.040] |
−0.1195*** [0.040] |
−0.1231*** [0.040] |
0.0157 [0.033] |
0.0095 [0.032] |
0.0092 [0.031] |
| Inference robustness (p-values) | ||||||
| Robust standard errors |
.007 | .003 | .002 | .631 | .766 | .766 |
| Wild bootstrap | .012 | .006 | .002 | .596 | .706 | .720 |
| Permutation test | .006 | .001 | .002 | .480 | .748 | .749 |
| Mean of private take-up |
0.717 | 0.917 | ||||
| Includes individual covariates |
No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Includes classroom and surveyor fixed effects |
No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Observations | 560 | 531 | 531 | 265 | 258 | 258 |
| R-squared | 0.013 | 0.042 | 0.104 | 0.001 | 0.035 | 0.139 |
| Sample | Nonhonors classes | Honors classes | ||||
Notes. Columns (1) to (3) restrict the sample to nonhonors classes, and columns (4) to (6) restrict to honors classes. Columns (1) and (4) present OLS regressions of a dummy variable for whether the student signed up for the SAT prep course on a public sign-up dummy. columns (2) and (5) replicate and add individual covariates (age and dummies for male and Hispanic). columns (3) and (6) further add surveyor and classroom fixed effects. Robust standard errors in brackets. *** p < .01, ** p < .05, * p < .1. See Section III.D for a description of the wild bootstrap and permutation test procedures.