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Table 4 Instrumental variables

From: Illegal immigration and media exposure: evidence on individual attitudes

Estimation method

OLS

IV

IV

  

First stage

Second stage

First stage

Second stage

 

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

Age

−0.012c

−0.003b

−0.013c

−0.004c

−0.013c

 

[0.002]

[0.001]

[0.002]

[0.001]

[0.002]

Age squared

0.000c

0.000c

0.000c

0.000c

0.000c

 

[0.000]

[0.000]

[0.000]

[0.000]

[0.000]

Female dummy

0.006

−0.012

0.003

−0.013a

0.003

 

[0.009]

[0.008]

[0.009]

[0.008]

[0.009]

Black dummy

0.016

0.032b

0.024

0.036b

0.025

 

[0.017]

[0.014]

[0.018]

[0.014]

[0.017]

Latino dummy

0.147c

0.053c

0.162c

0.055c

0.159c

 

[0.019]

[0.016]

[0.021]

[0.016]

[0.020]

Immigrant origin

0.011

0.015b

0.016b

0.015b

0.015a

 

[0.007]

[0.006]

[0.008]

[0.006]

[0.008]

Education

0.039c

−0.012c

0.035c

−0.012c

0.036c

 

[0.004]

[0.003]

[0.004]

[0.003]

[0.004]

Income

0.004c

−0.001

0.005c

−0.001

0.005c

 

[0.001]

[0.001]

[0.002]

[0.001]

[0.002]

Conservative ideology (100-point scale)

−0.005c

0.003c

−0.004c

0.003c

−0.005c

 

[0.000]

[0.000]

[0.000]

[0.000]

[0.000]

Part id (3-point scale)

−0.025c

0.047c

−0.01

0.045c

−0.015c

 

[0.003]

[0.003]

[0.007]

[0.003]

[0.006]

CNN dummy

−0.084c

  

−0.157c

−0.117c

 

[0.015]

  

[0.013]

[0.022]

FOX News dummy

−0.066c

 

−0.360c

 

−0.286b

 

[0.012]

 

[0.127]

 

[0.113]

Population density (county level)

0.058b

−0.014

0.053b

−0.014

0.054b

 

[0.024]

[0.021]

[0.025]

[0.021]

[0.025]

Fraction of illegal immigrants (state level)

0.006

−0.001

0.004

−0.001

0.005

 

[0.004]

[0.004]

[0.005]

[0.004]

[0.004]

Fraction of legal immigrants (state level)

−0.001

0

−0.001

0

−0.001

 

[0.001]

[0.001]

[0.002]

[0.001]

[0.002]

Share population Fox News available in 1998

 

0.054b

 

0.048a

 
  

[0.027]

 

[0.026]

 

Share population CNN available in 1998

 

−0.005

 

−0.007

 
  

[0.011]

 

[0.011]

 

Share population Fox News available in 2000

 

0.004

 

0.005

 
  

[0.016]

 

[0.016]

 

Share population CNN available in 2000

 

−0.085

 

−0.083

 
  

[0.062]

 

[0.062]

 

Share population Fox News available in 2003

 

−0.006

 

−0.006

 
  

[0.012]

 

[0.012]

 

Share population CNN available in 2003

 

0.061

 

0.063a

 
  

[0.037]

 

[0.037]

 

Cable TV subscriber dummy

 

0.099c

 

0.111c

 
  

[0.011]

 

[0.011]

 

Satellite TV subscriber dummy

 

0.082c

 

0.093c

 
  

[0.012]

 

[0.012]

 

F test on excluded instruments

 

11.33

 

14.07

 

Sargan statistics

 

18.874

 

18.741

 

P value on Sargan stats

 

0.0086

 

0.009

 

R2

0.22

0.19

0.15

0.19

0.19

N

9318

9318

9318

9318

9318

  1. aSignificant at 1%;
  2. bsignificant at 5%;
  3. csignificant at 1%