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Table 10 OLS estimates (log. of total expenditure)

From: Did tuition fees in Germany constrain students’ budgets? New evidence from a natural experiment

 

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(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

DiD

−0.032**

−0.032**

−0.031**

−0.032**

−0.032**

−0.031**

−0.035***

(0.013)

(0.013)

(0.013)

(0.013)

(0.013)

(0.013)

(0.013)

Treatment group

0.016*

0.016*

0.030***

0.031***

0.031***

0.030***

0.056***

(0.009)

(0.009)

(0.009)

(0.009)

(0.009)

(0.009)

(0.016)

Year 2009

0.029***

0.029***

0.021**

0.032***

0.032***

0.033***

0.034***

(0.010)

(0.010)

(0.010)

(0.009)

(0.009)

(0.009)

(0.009)

Men

 

−0.009

−0.011*

−0.049***

−0.049***

−0.050***

−0.049***

 

(0.007)

(0.007)

(0.007)

(0.007)

(0.007)

(0.007)

German citizenship

 

−0.046**

−0.042**

−0.029

−0.028

−0.043**

−0.041**

 

(0.021)

(0.021)

(0.020)

(0.020)

(0.020)

(0.020)

Siblings

 

−0.021**

−0.015

−0.022**

−0.022**

−0.022**

−0.025***

 

(0.010)

(0.009)

(0.009)

(0.009)

(0.009)

(0.009)

Studying time (in semesters)

 

0.035***

0.004

0.003

0.001

0.003

   

(0.002)

(0.003)

(0.003)

(0.003)

(0.003)

Studying time (in semesters) squared

−0.000***

−0.000

−0.000

−0.000

−0.000

   

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

Age

   

0.102***

0.107***

0.110***

0.106***

   

(0.016)

(0.016)

(0.016)

(0.016)

Age squared

   

−0.001***

−0.001***

−0.001***

−0.001***

   

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

Apprenticeship before studying

   

−0.011

−0.003

−0.000

     

(0.010)

(0.010)

(0.010)

Father’s position in the job (reference: low)

     

 Medium

     

0.011

0.010

     

(0.012)

(0.012)

 High

     

0.034***

0.030**

     

(0.012)

(0.012)

Mother’s position in the job (reference: low)

     

 Medium

     

0.030***

0.031***

     

(0.011)

(0.011)

 High

     

0.084***

0.086***

     

(0.012)

(0.012)

Dummy variables for federal states

    

Yes

Constant

6.342***

6.408***

6.187***

4.499***

4.436***

4.347***

4.348***

(0.007)

(0.023)

(0.024)

(0.196)

(0.206)

(0.206)

(0.206)

R 2 adjusted

0.000

0.001

0.044

0.088

0.088

0.092

0.096

Number of observations

25,361

25,361

25,361

25,361

25,361

25,361

25,361

  1. Note: displayed coefficients were obtained from ordinary least squares estimations. The dependent variable is the logarithm of expenditure. Source: 18th and 19th Social Survey of the DZHW, own calculations