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Table 8 IV using simulated instruments (GUI)

From: The consequences of measurement error when estimating the impact of obesity on income

Dependent variable household income

OLS

OLS with classical measurement error

IV with classical measurement error (using BMI2 and BMI3 as instruments)

IV with non-classical measurement error (using BMI2 and BMI3 as instruments)

Recorded BMI

–.82

   

(.091)

BMI1

 

–.74

  

(.086)

BMI1 (IV using BM2 and BMI3)

  

–.85

 

(.089)

self-reported BMI (IV using BMI2 and BMI3)

   

–.97

(.101)

Hansen Over-identification test

  

p-value = .85

p-value = .92

N

6637

6637

6637

6637

  1. Income is measured in 000’s; Standard Error in brackets.