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HOMEWORK4 Econ 4400, Elementary Econometrics

Directions: Please follow the instructions closely. Questions 1-10 are worth 9 points each. Question 11 is worth 10 points.

Due: All problem sets have to be turned in at the beginning of the class. Due Dates: March 2

Table 1 includes regression results using the NLSY 97 data set. The omitted racial group is ”non-black/ non-Hispanic”. The omitted census region is ”West”. The omitted favorite ice cream flavor is Chocolate.

Using the regression results in Table 1 perform each of the following tests. Use 0.05 significance level for every problem unless otherwise noted. You should write both the null and alternative hypotheses, calculate the necessary statistics, find correct critical values, and make the correct conclusion

1. Use a t-test to test if education has a statistically significant(2-sided) effect on income in column 1.

2. Use a t-test to test the null hypothesis that black workers make more than nonblack/non-Hispanic, all else equal.

3. Find confidence intervals for the coefficient on education in column 1 and column

4. Use the SSR version of the F-test to test the joint significance of the regional variables. (You can ignore the e + 12)

5. Use the R2 version of the F-test to test the joint significance of the regional variables.

6. Why does the coefficient on education change in each regression? Why would it be so much different in columns 1 and 3?

7. Column 4 includes favorite ice cream flavor. Use an F-test to show that they should not be included.

8. Typically there are stars to denote p-values on regression results. If 1,2, or 3 stars were added for p-values< 0.10, < 0.05, and < 0.01 respectively. How many stars would go on the coefficient for Northeast in column 2?

9. Interpret β2 in column 1.

10. What additional information is needed to test if black workers and Hispanic workers earn different incomes in column 1? What regression could you run to simplify the test?

11. This must be typed. Use the project data set to estimate the equation with all of the variables from columns 1,2,3. of the regression results table and one other regression that you may find of interest for your project. (Your data set is a subsample of this set.) ”grade” is the education variable, the census variable has the regional categories.

To create dummy variables for race type ”tab race, gen(rdum)”. This will create rdum1. rdum2, rdum3, rdum4, and rdum5, each will have the associated race in the variable label. Use the same technique for census group.

(a) Create a table similar to Table 1 with regression results. The table does not need to be identical, but all of the following must be met to receive credit:[footnoteRef:1] [1: All of these can be done with the esttab command. See the sample estout.do file and previous homework’s on carmen for help.]

· Include all of the listed variables.

· Use variable labels that make sense to someone that has never used the data (ie Years of Education instead of ihigrdc).

· Put standard errors in parentheses.

· Denote coefficients that are statistically significant at 0.01 ***, 0.05 **, and 0.10 * significance levels.

Table 1: Regression Results For Homework 4

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Adult Income

Adult Income

Adult Income

Adult Income

Education

3914.8

3934.4

2626.2

3885.8

(226.7)

(227.0)

(275.9)

(227.1)

Black

-6886.0

-7583.6

-790.1

-7192.8

(1597.8)

(1668.6)

(1716.4)

(1635.8)

Hispanic

-2270.6

-2144.4

2318.2

-2424.3

(1727.4)

(1809.5)

(1764.7)

(1731.5)

Mixed race (non-Hispanic)

-1836.1

-1683.2

-2405.2

-1979.6

(6978.8)

(6982.2)

(6842.2)

(6979.6)

Female

-15382.8

-15434.5

-14758.5

-15478.4

(1291.0)

(1291.2)

(1266.8)

(1294.4)

Age

1445.7

1472.3

1378.0

1478.4

(461.1)

(461.0)

(452.4)

(461.2)

Northeast

3267.4

(2184.2)

North central

-195.0

(1955.8)

South

2500.6

(1864.7)

Armed Services Aptitude Battery

0.149

(0.0291)

HH Income as Adolescent

0.112

(0.0164)

Vanilla

2217.6

(1692.8)

Strawberry

-791.6

(1742.8)

Butter pecan

1304.7

(2439.6)

None of these

3718.6

(2397.3)

Constant

-57155.2

-59457.3

-52242.0

-58456.2

(14572.0)

(14636.8)

(14289.6)

(14606.5)

Observations

1995

1995

1995

1995

ESS

3.79899e+11

3.83837e+11

4.46293e+11

3.84050e+11

RSS

1.62137e+12

1.61743e+12

1.55497e+12

1.61721e+12

R2

0.190

0.192

0.223

0.192

Standard errors in parentheses

Table 2: Project Sample

(1)

(2)

Earnings per hour

Log(Earnings Per Hour)

Highest grade completed

113.5∗∗∗

0.0574∗∗∗

(1.044)

(0.000538)

Age

80.32∗∗∗

0.0545∗∗∗

(1.044)

(0.000538)

Age2

-0.765∗∗∗

-0.000529∗∗∗

(0.0122)

(0.00000628)

Female

-276.2

-0.168∗∗∗

(5.429)

(0.00280)

[1em] Black

-180.4

-0.0963∗∗∗

(8.843)

(0.00455)

American Indian

-106.1∗∗∗

-0.0495∗∗∗

(25.20)

(0.0130)

Asian

-11.76

-0.0206∗∗∗

(13.22)

(0.00681)

Other Race

-34.41∗

-0.0182∗

(18.27)

(0.00941)

Adjusted R2

0.211

0.255

Standard errors in parentheses

p < 0.10, ∗∗ p < 0.05, ∗∗∗ p < 0.01