Econ 371 Problem Set #6 Answer Sheet. deaths per 10,000. The 90% confidence interval for the change in death rate is 1.81 ±
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1 Econ 371 Problem Set #6 Answer Sheet 10.1 This question focuses on the regression model results in Table a. The first part of this question asks you to predict the number of lives that would be saved in New Jersey if the tax on a case of beer was increased by $1. With a $1 increase in the beer tax, the expected number of lives that would be saved is 0.45 per 10,000 people. Since New Jersey has a population of 8.1 million, the expected number of lives saved is = The 95% confidence interval is (0.45 ± ) 810 = [15.228, ]. b. When New Jersey lowers its drinking age from 21 to 18, the expected fatality rate increases by deaths per 10,000. The 95% confidence interval for the change in death rate is ± = [ , ]. With a population of 8.1 million, the number of fatalities will increase by = with a 95% confidence interval [ , ] 810 = [ , ]. c. When real income per capita in new Jersey increases by 1%, the expected fatality rate increases by 1.81 deaths per 10,000. The 90% confidence interval for the change in death rate is 1.81 ± = [1.04, 2.58]. With a population of 8.1 million, the number of fatalities will increase by = with a 90% confidence interval [1.04, 2.58] 810 = [840, 2092]. d. The low p-value (or high F -statistic) associated with the F -test on the assumption that time effects are zero suggests that the time effects should be included in the regression. e. The difference in the significance levels arises primarily because the estimated coefficient is higher in (5) than in (4). However, (5) leaves out two variables (unemployment rate and real income per capita) that are statistically significant. Thus, the estimated coefficient on Beer Tax in (5) may suffer from omitted variable bias. The results from (4) seem more reliable. In general, statistical significance should be used to measure reliability only if the regression is well-specified (no important omitted variable bias, correct functional form, no simultaneous causality or selection bias, and so forth.) f. In this case, you would want to define a binary variable west which equals 1 for the western states and 0 for the other states and then include the interaction term between the binary variable west and the unemployment rate (i.e., west (unemploymentrate)) in the regression equation corresponding to column (4). Suppose the coefficient associated with unemployment rate is β, and the coefficient associated with west (unemploymentrate) is γ. Then β captures the effect of the unemployment rate in the eastern states, and β + γ captures the effect of the unemployment rate in the western states. The difference in the effect of the unemployment rate in the western and eastern states is γ. Using the coefficient estimate (ˆγ) and the standard error (SE(ˆγ)) you can calculate the t-statistic to test whether γ is statistically significant at a given significance level This question focuses on the regression model described in equation (10.11). You are asked to describe the slope and intercept for different entities and times periods. Notice that in this model, the slope does not change across time periods, nor do any of the intercepts (i.e., this model does not have fixed time effects). The only thing that varies is the intercept, which is different for different entities. a. For Entity 1 in time Period 1, we have D2 1 = = Dn 1 = 0, so that the model reduces to: with an intercept of β 0 and a slope of β 1. Y 11 = β 0 + β 1 X 11 + u 11 (1) b. For Entity 1 in time Period 3, we still have D2 1 = = Dn 1 = 0, so that the model reduces to: with an intercept of β 0 and a slope of β 1. Y 13 = β 0 + β 1 X 13 + u 13 (2) c. For Entity 3 in time Period 1, we have D2 3 = D4 3 = = Dn 3 = 0 and D3 3 = 1 so that the model reduces to: Y 31 = β 0 + γ 3 + β 1 X 31 + u 31 (3) with an intercept of β 0 + γ 3 and a slope of β 1. 1
2 d. For Entity 3 in time Period 3, we still have D2 3 = D4 3 = = Dn 3 = 0 and D3 3 = 1 so that the model reduces to: Y 33 = β 0 + γ 3 + β 1 X 33 + u 33 (4) with an intercept of β 0 + γ 3 and a slope of β In this question, you are asked to comment on competing methods for estimating the effect of snow on traffic fatalities. a. The first method adds a regressor containing the average snow fall for each state (AverageSnow i ). The problem with this regressor is that average snow fall does not vary over time, and thus will be perfectly collinear with the state fixed effect. b. In the second approach, snowfall in each state and each year is used as a regressor. Since Snow it does vary with time, this method can be used along with state fixed effects This question focuses on the estimated probit model results in equation (11.8). a. You are first asked what the loan denial probability would be for a black applicant with a P/I Ratio of In this case, we have P r[y i = 1 P/Iratio = 0.35, black = 1] = Φ( ) = Φ( 0.59) = 27.76%. b. Now, your are asked how this probability changes if the P/I ratio is reduced to Now we have P r[y i = 1 P/Iratio = 0.30, black = 1] = Φ( ) = Φ( 0.73) = 23.27%. The difference in denial probabilities compared to (a) is 4.4 percentage points lower. c. In part (c), you are asked to repeat this exercise for a white loan applicant. In this case we have: and P r[y i = 1 P/Iratio = 0.35, black = 0] = Φ( ) = 9.7% (5) P r[y i = 1 P/Iratio = 0.30, black = 0] = Φ( ) = 7.5% (6) so that the change is only 2.2%. d. Finally, you are asked if the marginal effect of the P/I ratio on the probability of mortgage denial depend on race. From the results in parts (a)-(c), we can see that the marginal effect of the P/I ratio on the probability of mortgage denial depends on race. In the probit regression functional form, the marginal effect depends on the level of probability which in turn depends on the race of the applicant. The coefficient on black is statistically significant at the 1% level This question asks you to repeat the previous question, now using the logit model results in equation (11.10). In this case, we have: P r[y i = 1 P/Iratio = 0.35, black = 1] = Λ( ) = 27.28% (7) P r[y i = 1 P/Iratio = 0.30, black = 1] = Λ( ) = 22.29% (8) The difference in denial probabilities compared to (a) is 4.99 percentage points lower. P r[y i = 1 P/Iratio = 0.35, black = 0] = Λ( ) = 9.53% (9) P r[y i = 1 P/Iratio = 0.30, black = 0] = Λ( ) = 7.45% (10) so that the change is only 2.08%. The logit and probit results are similar. The two empirical exercises in this homework use the same dataset: Smoking. The data can be downloaded from the Web site listed in the assignment (which you can also reach from the class website). A program that carries all of the tasks for problems E11.1 and E11.2 is appended to this answer sheet. E11.1 This first question asks you to estimate various linear probability models for the smoking data set. a. This first question can be answered using the summarize command and the fact that SE(ˆp) = ˆσ Y N. Specifically, we have the following estimates of the probability of smoking (mean of smoker): 2
3 group ˆp SE( ˆp) All Workers No Smoking Ban Smoking Ban b. This question asks you to determine if the workplace smoking ban alters the probability of smoking using a linear probability model. The LPM yields Variable ˆβ SE( ˆβ) Intercept Smoking Ban The resulting t-statistic on the smoking ban dummy variable is 8.66, so the coefficient is statistically significant. Notice that the intercept is the same as ˆp in part (a) for those cases without a smoking ban. c. In this question, you are asked to estimate a more general LPM, including a wide variety of variables and to compare the estimated impact of a smoking ban in the case. The resulting regression parameter estimates are: Variable ˆβ SE( ˆβ) Intercept Smoking Ban female age age hsdrop hsgrad colsome colgrad black hispanic From model in (c) the estimated difference is , smaller than the effect in model (b). Evidently (b) suffers from omitted variable bias. That is, smkban may be correlated with the education/race/gender indicators or with age. For example, workers with a college degree are more likely to work in an office with a smoking ban than high-school dropouts, and college graduates are less likely to smoke than high-school dropouts. d. The t-statistic is -5.27, so the coefficient is statistically significant at the 1% level. e. The F-statistic (140.09) has a p-value of < 0.01, so the coefficients are significant. The omitted education status is Masters degree or higher. Thus the coefficients show the increase in probability relative to someone with a postgraduate degree. For example, the coefficient on Colgrad is 0.045, so the probability of smoking for a college graduate is (4.5%) higher than for someone with a postgraduate degree. Similarly, the coefficient on HSdrop is 0.323, so the probability of smoking for a college graduate is (32.3%) higher than for someone with a postgraduate degree. Because the coefficients are all positive and get smaller as educational attainment increases, the probability of smoking falls as educational attainment increases. E11.2 This question continues the analysis of the smoking data set, now focusing on estimating probit models. a. This first question asks you to use the same variables as in E11.1(c), but this time in a probit model. The resulting parameter estimates are: 3
4 Variable ˆβ SE( ˆβ) Intercept Smoking Ban female age age hsdrop hsgrad colsome colgrad black hispanic b. The t-statistic is -5.47, very similar to the value for the linear probability model. Again, we would reject that smkban has a zero coefficient. c. The F-statistic (now ) is significant at the 1% level, as in the linear probability model. d. In this case, you are asked to compute the smoking probability for Mr. A with and without a smoking ban in place and to compute the effect of the smoking ban. We have P r[y i = 1 Mr.A, noban] = Φ[ (20) (20 2 ) ] = Φ[ 0.090] = P r[y i = 1 Mr.A, ban] = Φ[ (20) (20 2 ) ] = Φ[ 0.249] = Therefore the workplace bans would reduce the probability of smoking by (6.2%). e. This question asks you to repeat your calculations using Ms. B, who is female, 40-years old and a college graduate. In this case, we get: P r[y i = 1 Ms.B, noban] = Φ[ (40) (40 2 ) ] = Φ[ 1.064] = P r[y i = 1 Ms.B, ban] = Φ[ (40) (40 2 ) ] = Φ[ 1.222] = Therefore the workplace bans would reduce the probability of smoking by (3.4%). 4
5 ; Problem Set #6 ; # delimit ; clear; cap log close; ; Specify the output file ; log using Problemset6.log,replace; set more off; ; Read in and summarize the data ; use Smoking.dta; describe; summarize smoker; summarize smoker if smkban==0; summarize smoker if smkban==1; ; Estimate the model for question E11.1b ; reg smoker smkban,r; ; Estimate the model for question E11.1c ; generate age2 = age^2; reg smoker smkban female age age2 hsdrop hsgrad colsome colgrad black hispanic,r; test hsdrop hsgrad colsome colgrad; ; Estimate the model for question E11.2a ; probit smoker smkban female age age2 hsdrop hsgrad colsome colgrad black hispanic,r; test hsdrop hsgrad colsome colgrad; scalar A1 = (_b[_cons] + _b[age]20 + _b[age2](20^2) + _b[hsdrop]); scalar A2 = (_b[_cons] + _b[age]20 + _b[age2](20^2) + _b[hsdrop] + _b[smkban]); scalar PA1 = normal(a1); scalar PA2 = normal(a2); scalar B1 = (_b[_cons] + _b[age]40 + _b[age2](40^2) + _b[colgrad] + _b[female] + _b[black]); scalar B2 = (_b[_cons] + _b[age]40 + _b[age2](40^2) + _b[colgrad]
6 + _b[female] + _b[black] + _b[smkban]); scalar PB1 = normal(b1); scalar PB2 = normal(b2); scalar list; log close; clear; exit;
7 Problemset6.log log: C:\Documents and Settings\jaherrig\My Documents\Classes\Economics 371\Stata\Problemset6.log log type: text opened on: 18 Nov 2008, 13:03:55. set more off;. ;. > Read in and summarize the data > > ;. use Smoking.dta;. describe; Contains data from Smoking.dta obs: 10,000 vars: Feb :44 size: 140,000 (86.6% of memory free) storage display value variable name type format label variable label smoker byte %8.0g =1 if a current smoker smkban byte %9.0g =1 if there is a work area smoking bans age byte %9.0g age in years hsdrop byte %9.0g =1 if hs dropout hsgrad byte %9.0g =1 if hs grad colsome byte %9.0g =1 if some college colgrad byte %9.0g =1 if college grad black byte %9.0g =1 if black hispanic byte %9.0g =1 if hispanic female byte %9.0g =1 if female Sorted by:. summarize smoker; Variable Obs Mean Std. Dev. Min Max smoker summarize smoker if smkban==0; Variable Obs Mean Std. Dev. Min Max smoker summarize smoker if smkban==1; Variable Obs Mean Std. Dev. Min Max smoker ;. Page 1
8 Problemset6.log > Estimate the model for question E11.1b > > ;. reg smoker smkban,r; Linear regression Number of obs = F( 1, 9998) = Prob > F = R-squared = Root MSE = Robust smoker Coef. Std. Err. t P> t [95% Conf. Interval] smkban _cons ;. > Estimate the model for question E11.1c > > ;. generate age2 = age^2;. reg smoker smkban female age age2 hsdrop hsgrad colsome colgrad black > hispanic,r; Linear regression Number of obs = F( 10, 9989) = Prob > F = R-squared = Root MSE = Robust smoker Coef. Std. Err. t P> t [95% Conf. Interval] smkban female age age hsdrop hsgrad colsome colgrad black hispanic _cons test hsdrop hsgrad colsome colgrad; ( 1) hsdrop = 0 ( 2) hsgrad = 0 ( 3) colsome = 0 ( 4) colgrad = 0 F( 4, 9989) = Prob > F = ; Page 2
9 Problemset6.log. > Estimate the model for question E11.2a > > ;. probit smoker smkban female age age2 hsdrop hsgrad colsome colgrad black > hispanic,r; Iteration 0: log pseudolikelihood = Iteration 1: log pseudolikelihood = Iteration 2: log pseudolikelihood = Iteration 3: log pseudolikelihood = Probit regression Number of obs = Wald chi2(10) = Prob > chi2 = Log pseudolikelihood = Pseudo R2 = Robust smoker Coef. Std. Err. z P> z [95% Conf. Interval] smkban female age age hsdrop hsgrad colsome colgrad black hispanic _cons test hsdrop hsgrad colsome colgrad; ( 1) hsdrop = 0 ( 2) hsgrad = 0 ( 3) colsome = 0 ( 4) colgrad = 0 chi2( 4) = Prob > chi2 = scalar A1 = (_b[_cons] + _b[age]20 + _b[age2](20^2) + _b[hsdrop]);. scalar A2 = (_b[_cons] + _b[age]20 + _b[age2](20^2) + _b[hsdrop] > + _b[smkban]);. scalar PA1 = normal(a1);. scalar PA2 = normal(a2);. scalar B1 = (_b[_cons] + _b[age]40 + _b[age2](40^2) + _b[colgrad] > + _b[female] + _b[black]);. scalar B2 = (_b[_cons] + _b[age]40 + _b[age2](40^2) + _b[colgrad] > + _b[female] + _b[black] + _b[smkban]);. scalar PB1 = normal(b1);. scalar PB2 = normal(b2); Page 3
10 . scalar list; PB2 = PB1 = B2 = B1 = PA2 = PA1 = A2 = A1 = Problemset6.log. log close; log: C:\Documents and Settings\jaherrig\My Documents\Classes\Economics 371\Stata\Problemset6.log log type: text closed on: 18 Nov 2008, 13:03: Page 4
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