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. 2017 Jan;145:116–135. doi: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2016.11.005

Table 5.

Correlation between inspection frequency and teacher absence by reason (panel analysis: year 2003 and year 2010 data).


(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
Individual regressions
Multiple regressions
No fixed effects w/ State fixed effects w/ District fixed effects No fixed effects w/ State fixed effects w/ District fixed effects
Panel A: Change in teacher absence due to official duty
Change in probability of inspection −1.77* −1.05 −1.45 −1.43 −1.00 −1.49
(0.92) (0.85) (0.97) (0.91) (0.83) (0.96)
Panel B: Change in teacher absence due to authorized leave
Change in probability of inspection 0.77 0.42 0.59 0.59 0.33 0.50
(0.83) (0.84) (0.91) (0.85) (0.84) (0.91)
Panel C: Change in teacher absence due to unauthorized leave
Change in probability of inspection −7.22*** −6.68*** −5.74*** −6.51*** −6.07*** −5.41***
(1.69) (1.86) (1.78) (1.66) (1.79) (1.75)

Source: Authors' calculations. Notes: Robust standard errors clustered at the district-level are in parenthesis. Regressions are weighted by SCR's population. Multiple regressions include full set of controls as Table 3, coefficients not shown for brevity. *** Significant at 1%, ** significant at 5%, * significant at 10%.