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Table 7 RD estimates of test scores by school choice

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

  

Public high school

 

Private high school

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

0.184**

2.225

24.65

 

0.090*

1.787

64.52

 

0.036

1.166

45.04

 

0.031

1.073

53.11

1

0.211**

2.185

64.14

 

0.181**

2.095

79.54

 

0.081

1.513

52.60

 

0.044

1.120

99.72

2

0.296**

2.091

65.62

 

0.230**

2.061

102.88

 

0.089

1.404

78.92

 

0.048

1.095

171.98

 

Female

0

0.082

1.477

32.86

 

0.076**

2.002

76.17

 

−0.029

−0.904

29.33

 

0.001

0.057

60.36

1

0.041

0.429

42.69

 

0.089*

1.697

144.49

 

−0.038

−0.977

72.78

 

−0.020

−0.630

107.40

2

0.001

0.005

59.70

 

0.149**

1.983

143.90

 

−0.136**

−1.981

53.75

 

−0.043

−1.012

130.34

  1. This table shows the RD estimates of test scores using different local-polynomial degrees (per row) and different bandwidth selection procedures (per column). The first panel on the left has the results for candidates who graduated from a public high school. The second panel on the right has the results for candidates who graduated from a private high school. 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. ** and * represent statistical significance at the 5 and 10 % levels, respectively
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