Table 3 PSM results of the effect of preschool attendance on student’s non-cognition development.

From: Preschool education and non-cognitive skills: evidence from rural China’s junior high students

 

Full sample

Dependent variable

ATT

Std. Err

z

P value

Observations

PSM method: nearest neighbor estimator

     

 Non-cognition total scores

0.336***

0.107

3.13

0.002

9443

 Conscientiousness

−0.027

0.033

−0.83

0.407

9443

 Neuroticism

0.086**

0.033

2.57

0.010

9443

 Agreeableness

0.089**

0.039

2.23

0.026

9443

 Openness

0.062*

0.034

1.8

0.072

9443

 Extraversion

0.127***

0.036

3.79

<0.001

9443

PSM method: caliper estimator

    

9443

 Non-cognition total scores

0.297***

0.089

3.31

0.001

9443

 Conscientiousness

−0.015

0.029

−0.55

0.582

9443

 Neuroticism

0.079**

0.029

2.71

0.007

9443

 Agreeableness

0.089**

0.026

3.47

0.001

9443

 Openness

0.049*

0.027

1.85

0.065

9443

 Extraversion

0.095***

0.025

3.79

<0.001

9443

  1. Each column corresponds to a separate regression. Covariates include age, only child, left behind students, boarding at school, father has high school education or above, mother has high school education or above, family economics status. Robust standard errors in parentheses, fixed at the county level, clustered at the school level. *, **, and *** indicate statistical significance at the 10%, 5%, and 1% levels, respectively.
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