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. 2018 Jun 7;55(4):1317–1341. doi: 10.1007/s13524-018-0682-7

Table 2.

OLS and IV regression results: Colour Trail Tasks 1 and 2

OLS First-Stage IV Reduced Form Second-Stage IV
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
Dependent Variable –ln(CTT1) –ln(CTT2) RetDur RetDur –ln(CTT1) –ln(CTT2) –ln(CTT1) –ln(CTT2)
MarBar –– ––– 4.777*** 4.794*** 0.00481 0.0100 –– ––
(5.9) (5.9) (0.2) (0.6)
RetDur –0.00193*** –0.00142** ––– –– –– –– 0.0010 0.0021
(–3.4) (–3.2) (0.2) (0.6)
Age –0.0212*** –0.0167*** 0.892*** 0.882*** –0.0230*** –0.0181*** –0.024*** –0.020***
(–21.2) (–21.6) (29.7) (28.9) (–26.3) (–26.6) (–5.1) (–5.6)
School 0.0111*** 0.0134*** –0.566*** –0.560*** 0.0122*** 0.0141*** 0.013*** 0.015***
(3.8) (5.8) (–5.6) (–5.5) (4.1) (6.2) (3.1) (4.9)
NoBooks –0.0559*** –0.0817*** 0.458 0.552 –0.0563*** –0.0817*** –0.057*** –0.083***
(–3.4) (–6.4) (0.8) (1.0) (–3.4) (–6.3) (–3.4) (–6.3)
PoorHealth –0.0684* –0.0476* 0.180 0.113 –0.0682* –0.0472 –0.068* –0.047
(–2.2) (–2.0) (0.2) (0.1) (–2.2) (–2.0) (–2.2) (–1.9)
PoorFam –0.00953 –0.0172 0.657 0.744 –0.00990 –0.0173 –0.011 –0.019
(–0.4) (–1.0) (0.9) (1.0) (–0.5) (–1.0) (–0.5) (–1.1)
MotherNotWork –0.00425 –0.0156 1.048 1.160* –0.00689 –0.0178 –0.0079 –0.020
(–0.3) (–1.2) (1.9) (2.0) (–0.4) (–1.4) (–0.5) (–1.5)
FatherNotWork –0.0307 –0.0224 0.690 0.736 –0.0322 –0.0244 –0.033 –0.026
(–1.0) (–0.9) (0.7) (0.7) (–1.1) (–1.0) (–1.1) (–1.1)
 Constant –2.566*** –3.614*** –41.29*** –40.87*** –2.480*** –3.546*** –2.44*** –3.46***
(–33.6) (–61.3) (–16.4) (–16.1) (–33.8) (–62.6) (–10.8) (–19.9)
 R2 (%) 26.2 29.4 33.2 32.7 25.9 29.1 –– ––
N 2,519 2,481 2,519 2,481 2,519 2,481 2,519 2,481
First-Stage IV Statistics
F statistics –– –– 35.14 34.97 –– –– –– ––
 Stock-Yogo Weak Identification Test critical values
  10 % maximal IV size –– –– 16.38 16.38 –– –– –– ––
  15 % maximal IV size –– –– 8.96 8.96 –– –– –– ––
  20 % maximal IV size –– –– 6.66 6.66 –– –– –– ––
  25 % maximal IV size –– –– 5.53 5.53 –– –– –– ––
 Hausman Test (H0: RetDur is exogenous)
  χ2 –– –– –– –– –– –– 0.37 0.89
  p value –– –– –– –– –– –– .54 .34
  OLS or IV? –– –– –– –– –– –– OLS OLS

Notes: t statistics are shown in parentheses. Abbreviations: CTT1 = Colour Trail Task 1; CTT2 = Colour Trail Task 2.

p < .10; *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001