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. 2017 Aug 14;7:27. doi: 10.1186/s13561-017-0163-5

Table 6.

Results of the ordered probit regressions for the pooled database

Variables Absolute Income IIH
Hypothesis Strong Version Weak Version
Income 1.41e-06(4.74e-08) 1.94e-06(4.34e-08) 1.16e-06(4.76e-08)
Income squared 1.78e-13(1.14e-14) 2.39e-13(1.13e-14) 1.46e-13(1.12e-14)
Quintiles of income: Reference - Q5
Quintile 1 0.379(0.019)
Quintile 2 0.288(0.019)
Quintile 3 0.184(0.019)
Quintile 4 0.115(0.018)
Index of inequalities (II) - Theil 0.473(0.018) 0.567(0.038)
Interaction quintile 1 and II 0.121(0.053)
Interaction quintile 2 and II 0.054(0.053)
Interaction quintile 3 and II 0.012(0.052)
Interaction quintile 4 and II 0.053(0.052)
Interaction quintile 5 and II Reference
GDP 0.0002(3.03e-07) 0.0002(3.06e-07)
Age 0.014(0.003) 0.018(0.003) 0.015(0.003)
Age squared 0.0001(0.00002) 0.0001(0.0002) 0.0006(0.00002)
Years of education 0.021(0.001) 0.019(0.0005) 0.017(0.001)
Gender =1 if women 0.055(0.005) 0.057(0.005) 0.050(0.005)
Marital Status: Reference - Married
Registered partnership 0.060(0.017) 0.030(0.017) 0.026(0.017)
Married, not living with spouse 0.098(0.009) 0.087(0.009) 0.091(0.009)
Never married 0.127(0.014) 0.108(0.013) 0.027(0.014)
Divorced 0.079(0.011) 0.062(0.011) 0.016(0.011)
Widowed 0.046(0.009) 0.055(0.009) 0.026(0.009)
Waves: Reference - Wave 5
Wave 1 0.139(0.009) 0.431(0.009) 0.469(0.009)
Wave 2 0.094(0.009) 0.247(0.009) 0.272(0.009)
Wave 4 0.024(0.006) 0.001(0.006) 0.003(0.006)
Cut-point μ 1 2.494(0.104) 1.960(0.104) 1.976(0.105)
Cut-point μ 2 1.46(0.104) 0.952(0.105) 0.962(0.105)
Cut-point μ 3 0.378(0.104) 0.106(0.104) 0.102(0.105)
Cut-point μ 4 0.455(0.104) 0.919(0.104) 0.919(0.105)

For AIH, dummies for countries are included but not reported, and available upon request

***: 1% significant; **: 5% significant; *: 10% significant. Standard deviations are in parentheses, below the coefficients