Table 2.
Regression stage | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
First-stage regression | ||||
Dependent variable | Ratio of forest area | |||
Latitude time dummy | 0.0297*** (0.00441) | 0.0305*** (0.00445) | 0.0305*** (0.00444) | 0.0305*** (0.00444) |
Log of rainfall | −0.0987** (0.0421) | −0.0919** (0.0419) | −0.0922** (0.0419) | −âĹŠ0.0925** (0.0418) |
Kleibergen–Paap | 45.45 | 46.95 | 47.16 | 47.23 |
0.948 | 0.949 | 0.949 | 0.949 | |
Second-stage regression | ||||
Dependent variable | Clean drinking water dummy | |||
Ratio of forest area | 1.063** (0.494) | 0.959** (0.465) | 0.922** (0.455) | 0.932** (0.453) |
Log of rainfall | 0.610*** (0.169) | 0.569*** (0.163) | 0.577*** (0.160) | 0.566*** (0.159) |
0.252 | 0.256 | 0.263 | 0.266 | |
Control variables | ||||
Log of population | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Temperature | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Demographic characteristics | Yes | Yes | ||
Household wealth | Yes | |||
N | 9,682 | 9,682 | 9,682 | 9,682 |
The clustering robust standard errors are in parentheses, assuming that the error terms are correlated within each cluster × year cell. The endogenous variable is the ratio of forest area and is instrumented by the latitude × time dummy. Top and middle sections display the results of the first- and second-stage regressions, respectively. All columns in top and middle sections include the cluster fixed effect, time fixed effect, log of rainfall, and cluster-level initial values×time dummy as control variables. Bottom section displays the specification of additional control variables. * indicates significant at 10%; ** indicates significant at 5%; *** indicates significant at 1%.