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IZA Journal of European Labor Studies

Table 11 OLS estimates for the subsample of male students (log. of total expenditure 2006 and 2009)

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

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

DiD

−0.010

−0.011

−0.016

−0.015

−0.014

−0.014

−0.018

(0.021)

(0.021)

(0.021)

(0.020)

(0.020)

(0.020)

(0.020)

Treatment group

0.021

0.023

0.037**

0.038***

0.038***

0.036**

0.038

(0.015)

(0.015)

(0.014)

(0.014)

(0.014)

(0.014)

(0.025)

Year 2009

0.023

0.023

0.016

0.027*

0.027*

0.027*

0.027*

(0.016)

(0.016)

(0.016)

(0.015)

(0.015)

(0.015)

(0.015)

German citizenship

 

−0.020

−0.017

−0.013

−0.012

−0.032

−0.029

 

(0.032)

(0.032)

(0.031)

(0.031)

(0.031)

(0.031)

Siblings

 

−0.043***

−0.034**

−0.036**

−0.036**

−0.035**

−0.037**

 

(0.015)

(0.015)

(0.015)

(0.015)

(0.015)

(0.015)

Studying time (in semesters)

 

0.036***

0.011**

0.009*

0.008

0.008*

   

(0.004)

(0.005)

(0.005)

(0.005)

(0.005)

Studying time (in semesters) squared

−0.001***

−0.001**

−0.001**

−0.000**

−0.000**

   

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

Age

   

0.059**

0.066**

0.068***

0.066***

   

(0.025)

(0.026)

(0.026)

(0.026)

Age squared

   

−0.000

−0.000

−0.000

−0.000

   

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

Apprenticeship before studying

   

−0.018

−0.006

−0.004

     

(0.015)

(0.015)

(0.015)

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

     

 Medium

     

0.016

0.016

     

(0.019)

(0.019)

 High

     

0.038*

0.034*

     

(0.020)

(0.020)

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

     

 Medium

     

0.047***

0.046***

     

(0.017)

(0.017)

 High

     

0.107***

0.107***

     

(0.020)

(0.020)

Dummy variables for federal states

    

Yes

Constant

6.331***

6.387***

6.161***

5.022***

4.917***

4.825***

4.821***

(0.011)

(0.036)

(0.038)

(0.313)

(0.326)

(0.326)

(0.326)

R 2 adjusted

0.000

0.001

0.040

0.076

0.076

0.080

0.085

Number of observations

10,445

10,445

10,445

10,445

10,445

10,445

10,445

  1. Note: displayed coefficients were obtained from ordinary least squares estimations for the subsample of male students. The dependent variable is the logarithm of expenditure. * denotes statistical significance at the 10% level, ** at the 5% level and *** at the 1% level. Source: 18th and 19th Social Survey of the DZHW, own calculations
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