Table 3.
Results of the robustness test.
Method | 1. Endogenous test | 2. Modify model setting | ||
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Dependent variable | Overall level of family conspicuous consumption | Average level of family conspicuous consumption | Overall level of family conspicuous consumption | Average level of family conspicuous consumption |
Model | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
House demolition | 0.766** | 0.261** | 0.886** | 0.292** |
(0.384) | (0.122) | (0.384) | (0.122) | |
House demolition × household wealth | 1.434* | 0.511** | 1.836** | 0.633*** |
(0.751) | (0.239) | (0.749) | (0.238) | |
House demolition × materialism value | 3.656*** | 1.270*** | 3.761*** | 1.294*** |
(0.924) | (0.294) | (0.911) | (0.290) | |
F value | 34.49*** | 36.31*** | 27.01*** | 27.95*** |
R 2 | 0.0492 | 0.1545 | 0.1532 | 0.1577 |
Observation | 2,797 | 2,797 | 2,706 | 2,706 |
Method | 3. Change the measurement of the key variable | 4. Delete the demolition samples without compensation | ||
Model | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
House demolition | 0.213** | 0.069** | 0.780* | 0.249* |
(0.090) | (0.028) | (0.413) | (0.131) | |
House demolition × household wealth | 0.370** | 0.128** | 2.483*** | 0.832*** |
(0.173) | (0.055) | (0.806) | (0.256) | |
House demolition × materialism value | 0.824*** | 0.287*** | 4.815*** | 1.649*** |
(0.212) | (0.067) | (0.972) | (0.309) | |
F value | 34.79*** | 36.58*** | 35.85*** | 37.58*** |
R 2 | 0.1489 | 0.1554 | 0.1549 | 0.1612 |
Observation | 2,798 | 2,798 | 2,753 | 2,753 |
p <0.1;
p <0.05;
p <0.01.
The values in parentheses are standard errors.
Due to space issues, the results of other control variables are not reported in our study. If necessary, they can be obtained from the authors.