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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 14.
Published in final edited form as: Health Econ. 2019 Jun 4;28(8):955–970. doi: 10.1002/hec.3885

Table 5.

Outcomes Based On Emotional Difficulty Score - Heterogeneous Effects by Sex and Age

Panel A. State Unemployment Rate

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)

OLS: Mental Health Severity (0–3) Probit: Likely Psychological Problem (0/1)

Males Females Age 4–11 Age 12–17 Males Females Age 4–11 Age 12–17

Marginal Effect 0.010* 0.006* 0.010** 0.008 0.0039** 0.0030** 0.0037*** 0.0036*
(SE) (0.006) (0.065) (0.004) (0.006) (0.0019) (0.0013) (0.0012) (0.0019)
Mean, Dep. Var. 0.313 0.212 0.249 0.283 0.064 0.038 0.046 0.058
Relative Effect of 1.51 P.P. Fall in Unemployment Rate −4.8% −4.3% −6.1% −4.3% −9.2% −11.9% −12.1% −9.4%

Panel B. State Housing Price Index

OLS: Mental Health Severity (0–3) Probit: Likely Psychological Problem (0/1)

Males Females Age 4–11 Age 12–17 Males Females Age 4–11 Age 12–17

Marginal Effect −0.072*** −0.056*** −0.046*** −0.090*** −0.023** −0.017** −0.014** −0.028***
(SE) (0.022) (0.021) (0.017) (0.022) (0.009) (0.007) (0.005) (0.009)
Mean, Dep. Var. 0.313 0.212 0.249 0.283 0.064 0.038 0.046 0.058
Relative Effect of 0.19 Point Rise in Housing Price Index −4.4% −5.0% −3.5% −6.0% −6.8% −8.5% −5.8% −9.2%

Sample size 56,752 53,515 59,943 50,324 56,752 53,351 59,943 50,324

Note: Robust standard errors clustered on the state. A fall in unemployment rate of 1.51 percentage points and a rise in HPI of 0.19 represent one standard deviation improvements in economic conditions. Covariates are described in Table 2.

*

p-value <.10

**

p-value<.05

***

p-value<.01.