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Table 4 RD estimates of college admission and test scores

From: The effect of age at school entry on college admission and earnings: a regression-discontinuity approach

 

Admission

Test score

Polyn.

CCT procedure

 

IW procedure

 

CCT procedure

 

IW procedure

degree

Ï„

z-stat

Bandwidth

 

Ï„

z-stat

Bandwidth

 

Ï„

z-stat

Bandwidth

 

Ï„

z-stat

Bandwidth

 

Male

0

0.026*

1.741

23.26

 

0.005*

1.918

110.00

 

0.087**

2.554

31.72

 

0.066**

2.341

43.20

1

0.039*

1.749

46.85

 

0.032*

1.905

65.48

 

0.132***

2.696

53.71

 

0.091**

2.275

83.79

2

0.042*

1.660

86.43

 

0.037*

1.848

117.89

 

0.185***

2.751

59.66

 

0.096**

2.525

160.87

 

Female

0

−0.008

−0.954

26.06

 

−0.001

−0.493

75.72

 

0.022

0.735

51.65

 

0.026

0.868

64.13

1

−0.011

−0.960

69.12

 

−0.003

−1.309

129.29

 

0.012

0.165

76.14

 

0.013*

1.647

164.55

2

−0.017

−0.962

72.30

 

−0.010

0.176

111.32

 

−0.065

−1.117

54.92

 

0.004

0.878

109.72

  1. This table shows the RD estimates of college admission and test scores using different local-polynomial degrees (per row) and different bandwidth selection procedures (per column). The CCT procedure is proposed by Calonico et al. (2014). The IW procedure is proposed by Imbens and Kalyanaraman (2012). All functions are estimated using a triangular kernel. Data come from applications for undergraduate programs at UFPE from 2002 to 2005. The sample is restricted to those who graduated from high school in the same year and were under 18.5 years old. Ï„ is the robust RD estimate
  2. ***, **, * represent statistical significance at the 1, 5, and 10 % levels, respectively
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