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Table 2 First-stage estimates of life-cycle stage experiences (N = 1,448)

From: What determines adult cognitive skills? Influences of pre-school, school, and post-school experiences in Guatemala

 

E1

E2

E3a

E3b

HAZ at age 6

Grades of schooling

Skilled job tenure (years)

Migrant to Guatemala City

I 0 : Individual characteristics

 Age at interview in 2002–2004

−0.098 (0.173)

1.284 (0.835)

0.203 (0.676)

0.478 (0.092)

 Age at interview in 2002–2004 squared

0.002 (0.002)

−0.015 (0.011)

−0.007 (0.009)

−0.005 (0.001)

E 0 : Genetic endowment

 Male

−0.091 (0.049)

0.802 (0.183)

3.419 (0.250)

−0.040 (0.018)

 Twin

−1.171 (0.273)

−0.311 (0.716)

−0.645 (0.666)

−0.041 (0.087)

ΔC: Natural, market or policy shocks

Mother or father had died before child age 18

0.048 (0.083)

−0.941 (0.263)

−0.400 (0.532)

−0.020 (0.034)

 Student–teacher ratio at age 7

0.003 (0.002)

−.034 (0.014)

−0.007 (0.013)

−0.001 (0.002)

 Lower secondary school available at age 7

−0.038 (0.054)

1.527 (0.251)

−0.599 (0.290)

0.102 (0.027)

 Born in the two years prior to 1976 earthquake

−0.221 (0.087)

−0.403 (0.418)

−0.251 (0.279)

0.012 (0.042)

 Ln salary in manufacturing industry at child age 18

0.640 (0.332)

3.132 (1.442)

−3.503 (1.276)

1.174 (0.176)

Intent-to-treat nutritional intervention

 Exposure 00–36 months

−0.268 (0.068)

0.232 (0.391)

0.053 (0.387)

0.060 (0.045)

 Exposure 00–36 months × Atole

0.271 (0.075)

−0.348 (0.308)

−0.767 (0.368)

0.017 (0.040)

 Constant

−2.225 (3.804)

−24.698 (17.535)

8.694 (14.370)

−11.742 (2.000)

F statistic on instruments excluded in second stage

7.3

15.4

26.3

7.8

[p value]

[<0.01]

[<0.01]

[<0.01]

[<0.01]

F statistic overall regression

15.6

17.6

24.8

7.2

[p value]

[<0.01]

[<0.01]

[<0.01]

[<0.01]

  1. OLS regressions. Standard errors calculated allowing for clustering at the birth-year-community level (64 clusters) are shown in parentheses below coefficient estimates, which are in bold if significant at 5 % or lower