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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 4.
Published in final edited form as: Q J Econ. 2015;130(3):1329–1367. doi: 10.1093/qje/qjv021

TABLE IV.

Effect of Public TReatment On Sign-up Decision for Students Taking One to Three Honors Classes

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
Dependent variable Dummy: student signed up for the SAT prep course
Public treatment −0.1673***
[0.061]
−0.1486**
[0.061]
−0.1465**
[0.063]
−0.1467**
[0.064]
0.0850*
[0.047]
0.0729
[0.046]
0.0834*
[0.045]
0.0887*
[0.048]
Inference robustness (p-values)
 Robust standard errors .007 .017 .022 .023 .071 .115 .064 0.067
 Wild bootstrap .008 .008 .028 .032 .114 .106 .084 0.070
 Permutation test .006 .027 .030 .031 .061 .116 .069 0.046
Mean of private take-up 0.848 0.864
Includes individual covariates No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Includes classroom and surveyor fixed effects No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
Includes honors subjects variables No No No Yes No No No Yes
Observations 184 176 176 176 159 155 155 155
Sample Nonhonors classes Honors classes

Notes. This table restricts the sample to students taking one, two, or three honors classes. Columns (1) to (4) restrict the sample to nonhonors classes, and columns (5) to (8) restrict to honors classes. Columns (1) and (5) present OLS regressions of a dummy variable for whether the student signed up for the SAT prep course on a public sign-up dummy, controlling for dummies on the number of honors classes taken by the student. Columns (2) and (6) add individual covariates (age and dummies for male and Hispanic). Columns (3) and (7) further add surveyor and classroom fixed effects. Columns (4) and (8) replicate columns (3) and (7) adding controls for the number of honors classes taken by subject categories (math/sciences and social sciences; the omitted category is humanities). 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.