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. 2022 Jan 10;14(1):86–115. doi: 10.1007/s13132-021-00869-9

Table 13.

Effect of rule of law on educational outcomes(1)

Variables International test score School completion School failure
(1) (2) (1) (2) (1) (2)
Rule of law 0.078** 1.969*** 0.526** 1.055 −1.095** −0.814***
(0.038) (0.439) (0.213) (1.024) (0.471) (0.101)
law_pubexp 0.0213 0.215 −0.556
(0.0662) (0.213) (0.688)
law_teachtr 0.445 0.2378* −1.823***
(0.291) (0.132) (0.229)
Constant 5.578*** 6.340*** 0.740 5.360 −13.27*** −4.344
(0.342) (1.603) (1.516) (4.134) (3.136) (3.248)
Regional dummies Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Observations 60 60 58 58 60 60
R-squared 0.716 0.845 0.677 0.664 0.724 0.761
Hansen (p value) 0.841 0.125 0.972 0.159 0.0797 0.953
Fisher 7.346*** 9.679*** 9.949*** 8.018*** 18.71*** 18.75***

law_pubexp is the interaction term between rule of law and public spending on education; law_teachtr is the interaction term between rule of law and quality of teaching

Standard errors in parentheses ***p<0.01; **p<0.05; *p<0.1

(1)All variables are included in the regression, but for simplicity, we have published the results for a small number of variables