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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 29.
Published in final edited form as: Health Econ. 2013 Feb 21;23(2):159–181. doi: 10.1002/hec.2907

Table XII.

The effects of wave 1 attention troubles on labor market outcomes

Outcome Employment Employment Log(earning) Log(earnings) Social Program Social Program
Sample Full Family Full Family Full Family
Fixed effects None Family None Family None Family
Attention troubles in school (just a few times) −0.007
(0.008)
−0.030
(0.023)
−0.004
(0.022)
−0.043
(0.064)
0.028***
(0.009)
0.032
(0.023)
Attention troubles in school (about once a week) −0.027***
(0.010)
−0.088***
(0.030)
−0.017
(0.028)
−0.111
(0.079)
0.044***
(0.012)
0.070**
(0.030)
Attention troubles in school (almost everyday) −0.040***
(0.013)
−0.073**
(0.034)
−0.173***
(0.032)
−0.193**
(0.095)
0.091***
(0.015)
0.126***
(0.035)
Attention troubles in school (everyday) −0.084***
(0.018)
−0.081
(0.051)
−0.179***
(0.056)
−0.373***
(0.133)
0.099***
(0.019)
0.102**
(0.051)
Age −0.032***
(0.005)
−0.020
(0.015)
−0.095***
(0.017)
0.035
(0.039)
0.047***
(0.008)
0.012
(0.015)
Female −0.095***
(0.009)
−0.106***
(0.022)
−0.325***
(0.029)
−0.305***
(0.058)
0.109***
(0.010)
0.124***
(0.021)
Test score during high school 0.025***
(0.005)
0.103***
(0.012)
−0.037***
(0.005)
Maternal education 0.006***
(0.002)
0.027***
(0.006)
−0.014***
(0.002)
Family income during high school 0.000
(0.000)
0.001***
(0.000)
−0.001***
(0.000)
Parents married during high school 0.031***
(0.008)
0.091***
(0.022)
−0.076***
(0.011)
Hispanic people 0.044***
(0.010)
0.054*
(0.031)
−0.043***
(0.014)
Black people 0.000
(0.010)
−0.165***
(0.034)
0.098***
(0.011)
Rural status during high school −0.015
(0.010)
−0.080**
(0.032)
0.039***
(0.014)
Missing family information −0.000
(0.008)
0.004
(0.020)
0.006
(0.008)
Constant 1.562***
(0.152)
1.173***
(0.309)
12.168***
(0.465)
9.023***
(0.854)
−0.813***
(0.209)
0.106
(0.308)
Observations 14,481 3,407 13,195 3,142 14,455 3,402
R-squared 0.036 0.022 0.092 0.044 0.092 0.036
Total number of families 1,668 1,642 1,668

Robust standard errors in parentheses, clustered at school/family.

***

p<0.01.

**

p<0.05.

*

p<0.1.

Additional controls: grade level fixed effects.