Table 5 Regression results of IV on educational outcomes.

From: Education legislations that equalize: a study of compulsory schooling law reforms in post-WWII United States

List of DVs

IV coefficient

Full sample

Whites only

Blacks only

Educational attainment

(Years)

0.132* (0.0649)

0.073 (0.142)

0.596* (0.269)

Completed High School

(1 = Completed high school,

0 = Otherwise)

0.058** (0 .019)

0.069*** (0.22)

−0.009 (0.042)

Attended University/College

(1 = Attended some college,

0 = Otherwise)

−0.015 (0.019)

−0.015 (0.021)

−0.028 (0.048)

Completed University/College

(1 = Graduated college,

0 = Otherwise)

−0.009 (0.022)

−0.013 (0.023)

0.017 (0.061)

  1. Dependent variables are indicated in the first column. Each row represents a separate regression model using 1980 Census data, with age, race, marital status, and location of residence included as control covariates. First row results are from OLS regression, and rows 2 through 4 are from probit regressions. Standard errors are in parentheses.
  2. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.
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