Table 4

Effect of Household Earnings on Any New Mental Health Designation Using Bartik Instrument

OverallBottom QuartileSecond QuartileThird QuartileTop Quartile
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Embedded Image ($1,000)−0.0011**0.00190.0041−0.0023**0.0001
(0.0005)(0.0019)(0.0062)−0.0011(0.0005)
First stage
Bartik instrument30.9336***−18.7471***−5.879622.7483***38.6872***
(4.2429)(4.3107)(5.5387)(6.4020)(13.9048)
Average household income (2006)$14,800$43,700$75,300$133,400
First-stage F-statistic53.1518.911.1312.637.74
N2,677,080606,401619,640626,860626,950
  • Source: British Columbia Ministry of Education Public School Administrative Data Files and linked T1FF tax file.

  • Notes: The sample includes children born between 1993 and 2000 aged 6–17 in years 2002–2015. Results of estimating Equations 3 and 4. Covariates include average age of tax-filers, indigenous status, home language other, home language Asian, and gender. The model also includes kid, FSA, year, age, grade, school, family size, number of earners, number of tax-filers and school type fixed effects. Standard errors are clustered at family level. Quartiles are defined using 2006 household employment income. Dollar values rounded to base 100 as per vetting rules. *p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01.