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Table 7 The effect of educational reform on enrollment rate. 2SLS estimates—first stage (Eq. 2)

From: The effect of education on teenage fertility: causal evidence for Argentina

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

PANEL A—IV (identified)

 LFE

2.6 *** (0.88)

2.9 *** (0.925)

2.7 *** (0.875)

3.0 *** (0.9)

 Partial R 2

0.0042

0.0036

0.0044

0.0038

  F-statistic

8.6 ***

9.8 ***

9.3 ***

11.1 ***

PANEL B—IV (over-identified)

 LFE

2.6 *** (0.876)

2.9 *** (0.924)

2.7 *** (0.871)

3.0 *** (0.897)

 Polimodal

−0.012 (0.013)

−0.015 (0.015)

−0.011 (0.013)

−0.013 (0.014)

 Partial R 2

0.0052

0.0047

0.0053

0.0047

  F-statistic

5.3 ***

6.1 ***

5.6 ***

6.7 ***

 Covariatesa

No

No

Yes

Yes

 Obs

1718

1718

1718

1718

  1. Robust standard errors clustered at the birth-cohort/province level in parentheses. All regressions include year and birth-cohort/province fixed effects. In columns (1) and (3) the dependent variable is enrollment rate; in columns (2) and (4) the dependent variable is female enrollment rate. Source: own calculations
  2. ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1
  3. aOther covariates included are: economic activity, unemployment, public expenditure on education and health, and Plan Nacer beneficiaries
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