Econometric experts only,
An analyst wishes to study how expenditure on travel by an individual varies with their gender and employment status. They collect cross-sectional data for these variables and the data is as follows:
|
Travel expenditure in dollars |
Gender |
Employment Status |
|
40 |
Male |
Employed |
|
31 |
Female |
Unemployed |
|
18 |
Male |
Unemployed |
|
19 |
Male |
Unemployed |
|
47 |
Male |
Employed |
|
27 |
Female |
Unemployed |
|
26 |
Female |
Unemployed |
|
17 |
Male |
Unemployed |
|
43 |
Male |
Employed |
|
49 |
Male |
Employed |
|
15 |
Male |
Unemployed |
|
25 |
Female |
Unemployed |
|
29 |
Female |
Unemployed |
|
20 |
Male |
Unemployed |
|
41 |
male |
Employed |
Required:
(i) Taking gender as D1i = 1 if individual is female, but 0 otherwise; and employment status as D2i = 1 if employed, but 0 otherwise; regress travel expenditure on gender and employment status
(ii) Interpret the results of the estimated regression model
(iii) What expenditure value will a male unemployed person make?
(iv) Calculate R2 and adjusted R2
(v) Test for the overall significance of the model
(vi) Derive the variance-covariance matrix, and test for the statistical significance for each parameter in the model