Continuity in Exogenous Characteristics
| Dependent Variable | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child Is a Girl (1) | Height (Centimeters) (2) | Height-for-Age (Z-Score) (3) | Adult Is Black (4) | |
| Panel A: Mothers Sample | ||||
| 1{Ai ≤ 15} | −0.005 [0.004] | −0.079 [0.335] | −0.012 [0.052] | 0.001*** [0.000] |
| F-test | 1.14 | 0.055 | 0.054 | 9.69 |
| p-value | 0.303 | 0.818 | 0.820 | 0.007 |
| Observations | 91,480 | 2,031 | 2,027 | 91,718 |
| Means | 0.5 | 160.2 | −0.577 | 0.997 |
| Panel B: Fathers Sample | ||||
| 1{Ai ≤ 15} | 0.021 [0.012] | −0.486 [0.676] | −0.082 [0.113] | 0.002 [0.001] |
| F-test | 3.04 | 0.517 | 0.519 | 1.67 |
| p-value | 0.102 | 0.483 | 0.483 | 0.215 |
| Observations | 50,026 | 1,648 | 1,648 | 50,267 |
| Means | 0.5 | 171.3 | 1.276 | 0.995 |
↵Notes: Each cell represents an OLS estimate from regressing a different dependent variable on the discontinuity. The dependent variable is binary in Columns 1 and 4 and continuous in Columns 2 and 3. The height variables are taken from the 2010–2011 Zimbabwe DHS. Cluster-robust standard errors appear below the estimates in brackets. Clustering is at year of birth, that is, age in 1980. All regressions include linear splines in parent age (coefficients not shown). Statistical significance: *p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01.