Table 2

The Effect of the Reforms on Parent Schooling: First Stage

Dependent Variable: Parental Schooling
Blacks in ZimbabwePlacebo: Other Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
(1)(2)(3)
Panel A: Mothers Sample
1{Ai ≤ 15}0.819***
[0.216]
0.816***
[0.210]
0.154
[0.133]
Control for rain?  No  Yes  No
F-test14.4415.10 1.33
p-value 0.002 0.001 0.266
Observations 91,480 91,4801,833,418
Panel B: Fathers Sample
1{Ai ≤ 15}0.683***
[0.133]
0.682***
[0.123]
0.109
[0.090]
Control for rain?  No  Yes  No
F-test26.4030.811.46
p-value 0.000 0.000 0.246
Observations  50,026  50,026  1,666,480
  • Notes: Each cell represents an estimate from a separate regression. Cluster-robust standard errors appear below the estimates in brackets. Clustering is at parent year of birth, that is, parent age in 1980. All regressions include linear splines in parent age (coefficients not shown). Rainfall data is standardized with reference to the period 1959–2001. Columns 1 and 2 use data from the 2002 Zimbabwe population census. Column 3 combines 11 population censuses circa 2002 from other Sub-Saharan African countries; see text for details. Statistical significance: *p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01.