Table 4.
Cash Transfers and Long-Term Mortality
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panel A. log age at death | |||||
| Accepted | 0.0157** [0.006] | 0.0158** [0.007] | 0.0182** [0.007] | 0.0167** [0.007] | |
| Mean of rejected | 72.44 | 72.44 | 72.44 | 72.44 | |
| Effect in years | 1.14 | 1.16 | 1.32 | 1.2 | |
| Observations | 7,860 | 7,860 | 7,860 | 7,860 | |
| Panel B. Survival estimation P(survived past 60) Accepted | 0.193*** [0.048] | 0.121** [0.049] | 0.108** [0.052] | 0.103** [0.052] | 0.0377 [0.144] |
| Mean of rejected | 0.421 | 0.421 | 0.421 | 0.421 | 0.880 |
| Percent effect | 11 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| P(survived past 70) Accepted Mean of rejected | 0.265*** [0.052] 0.287 | 0.205*** [0.053] 0.287 | 0.211*** [0.056] 0.287 | 0.199*** [0.056] 0.287 | 0.267*** [0.071] 0.596 |
| Percent effect | 19 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 11 |
| P(survived past age 80) Accepted | 0.239*** [0.067] | 0.195*** [0.068] | 0.187*** [0.071] | 0.192*** [0.071] | 0.164* [0.097] |
| Mean of rejected | 0.146 | 0.146 | 0.146 | 0.146 | 0.305 |
| Percent effect | 20 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 11 |
| Observations | 16,069 | 16,069 | 16,069 | 16,069 | 7,858 |
| State fixed effects | X | ||||
| Cohort fixed effects | X | X | X | X | X |
| Individual controls | X | X | X | X | |
| State characteristics | X | X | X | X | |
| County 1910 characteristics | X | ||||
| County fixed effects | X | X | X | ||
Notes: Standard errors (in brackets) are clustered at the county level. For panel B, logit coefficients reported. Percent effects computed relative to the average for rejected boys. Individual controls include child age at application, age of oldest and youngest in family, dummies for the number of siblings, number of letters in name, a dummy for whether date of birth is incomplete, year of application, and dummies for the marital status of the mother. County controls for 1910 include all characteristics listed in Table S6. State characteristics at the time of application include manufacturing wages, education/labor laws (age must enter school, age can obtain a work permit, and whether a continuation school law is in place), state expenditures in logs (education, charity, and total expenditures on social programs), and state laws concerning MP transfers (work required, reapplication required, the maximum legislated amount for the first child, and the legislated amount for each additional child).
significant at the 1 percent level.
significant at the 5 percent level.
significant at the 10 percent level.