table 4

RDIV Estimates of the Effects of Public Enrollment on Maternal Labor Supply, Married Mothers of Five-year-olds in 2000, Various Sample Widths

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With No Younger Children
Current Employment0.027−0.0020.0610.0530.026
(0.023)(0.085)(0.049)(0.037)(0.026)
Employment in prior year0.013−0.1080.0550.0610.025
(0.022)(0.068)(0.039)(0.032)(0.023)
Weeks worked in prior year0.66−0.122.843.091.12
(1.09)(4.36)(2.15)(1.77)(1.24)
Usual hours per week in prior year0.02−2.511.932.150.85
(0.91)(4.03)(1.83)(1.53)(1.06)
Wage and salary income, prior year−1,371−2,0418681,209−1,232
(1,163)(4,329)(3,035)(2,305)(1,491)
Welfare receipt in prior year0.002−0.012−0.0030.0140.010
(0.006)(0.020)(0.013)(0.010)(0.007)
First Stage Estimate0.2850.2270.2540.2490.271
(0.004)(0.039)(0.016)(0.012)(0.008)
F−statistic4,309362544501,227
Number of observations148,2648,63625,06041,40381,178
With Younger Children
Current employment0.0140.0330.0010.053−0.002
(0.026)(0.102)(0.067)(0.049)(0.032)
Employment in prior year0.0320.0440.0110.049−0.008
(0.026)(0.092)(0.069)(0.051)(0.032)
Weeks worked in prior year1.16−1.70−2.950.53−0.91
(1.22)(3.93)(2.68)(2.12)(1.36)
Usual hours per week in prior year2.222.941.191.950.50
(1.03)(3.87)(2.60)(1.94)(1.22)
Wage and salary income, prior year2,617−5,030−6,788−1,237−782
(1,284)(5,130)(2,917)(2,392)(1,426)
Welfare receipt in prior year0.0160.0250.0050.0190.011
(0.009)(0.035)(0.022)(0.018)(0.012)
First stage estimate0.2890.2170.2310.2350.266
(0.004)(0.019)(0.014)(0.011)(0.009)
F−statistic3,579362544501,228
Number of observations123,3547,12520.57434,12767,441
Width of sample in daysFull103050100

Notes: Based on the author’s calculations using the 2000 Restricted Access Long Form Data. Standard errors are in parentheses. Mothers in each sample are those born within the number of days indicated in the last row. Both stages include a linear polynomial in the child’s age relative to the cutoff data interacted with the cutoff date. Regressions include state fixed effects and the set of controls described in the text. Numbers in bold are significant at the 5 percent level or lower. F−statistics test the null in which the eligibility for public kindergarten has no effect on public kindergarten enrollment.