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Table 2 Log wage regressions

From: The use of cognitive ability measures as explanatory variables in regression analysis

 

Men

Never married women

Model

Unadj.

Unadj.

MESE

Unadj.

Unadj.

MESE

Skill control

No skill

MLE of

Literacy

No skill

MLE of

Literacy

 

control

Lit score

skill

control

Lit score

skill

 

(a)

(b)

(c)

(a)

(b)

(c)

Lit. Skills: ( β ̂ 1 )

      

 Unadjusted

 

0.151

  

0.153

 
  

(0.008)

  

(0.020)

 

 Adjusted (MESE)

  

0.191

  

0.185

   

(0.010)

  

(0.025)

Effect of a one SD

 

0.190

0.218

 

0.186

0.210

Change in Skills

      

Race ( β ̂ 2 )

−0.366

−0.144

−0.094

−0.233

−0.049

−0.012

 

(0.033)

(0.033)

(0.033)

(0.055)

(0.057)

(0.060)

DIC

5904

5577

103839

1191

1114

20905

N

3267

3267

3267

640

640

640

  1. Notes: Data are from the 1992 NALS, restricted to individuals aged 25–55 who work fulltime, reported wages, and who answered at least one literacy item. Unadjusted regressions employ the wage equation (1) with either no cognitive measure (column a) or a measure unadjusted for measurement error (column b). Column (c) provides estimates from the MESE model, equations (7)–(9), adjusting for measurement error in the cognitive measure. All regressions also control for potential experience entered as a quartic, census region (entered as dummy variables), and urban setting (entered as a dummy variable).