Table A.4.
Standard Bias Estimates from Matching
| Layoff | Business closed | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not Matched | Matched | Not matched | Matched | |
| Heart disease | 5.52% | 0.00% | 0.53% | 0.00% |
| Diabetes | 0.56% | 0.00% | 18.15% | 0.00% |
| Stroke | −3.00% | 0.00% | 2.38% | 0.00% |
| Hypertension | −2.02% | −1.06% | 9.27% | 0.00% |
| Cancer | −0.29% | 0.00% | 3.41% | 0.00% |
| Lung disease | −7.78% | −1.26% | −7.81% | 0.00% |
| Age | 10.25% | 2.72% | 6.80% | −1.67% |
| Male | 1.97% | 5.04% | 15.56% | 0.00% |
| Less than high school | −11.17% | 2.52% | −17.33% | −0.99% |
| High school | 0.59% | −6.63% | −9.55% | −3.39% |
| College | 9.42% | 5.52% | 29.02% | 5.77% |
| Black | 7.03% | 0.00% | 2.44% | −5.11% |
| Hispanic | −5.54% | 4.15% | −12.67% | −7.92% |
| Mother worked | −10.46% | −7.14% | −8.37% | 0.00% |
| # inf. in child | 2.99% | 3.26% | −5.05% | 11.83% |
| # health cond. | −5.13% | 2.60% | −2.67% | 3.73% |
| 1+ parent smoke | −7.78% | 1.01% | −8.89% | 8.15% |
| Child health v.good | −4.01% | −4.52% | 1.46% | −6.49% |
| Child info. Missing | 1.85% | 3.14% | 5.65% | −4.35% |
| Mother education | 6.37% | −4.72% | 28.29% | 4.58% |
| Father education | 3.98% | −8.08% | 19.52% | 5.67% |
| # of marriage | −10.40% | −1.78% | −6.31% | 18.35% |
| # of children | −8.38% | 4.38% | −8.29% | −9.39% |
| Age first child | −1.06% | −3.20% | 21.58% | 6.77% |
| Manual occupation | −7.84% | −5.57% | −16.50% | −0.86% |
| Occupation missing | −11.60% | −2.24% | −6.40% | −2.01% |
| Primary industry | −17.34% | 8.89% | 3.59% | 8.75% |
| Secondary industry | −13.56% | −6.94% | −24.26% | −4.18% |
| Tertiary industry | 24.98% | −0.50% | 20.68% | −1.62% |
| Industry missing | −14.94% | −6.20% | −5.37% | 0.00% |
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| Observations | 798 | 492 | ||
We compare a standardized difference in means before and after matching where