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IZA Journal of European Labor Studies

Table 12 OLS estimates for the subsample of female students (log. of total expenditure 2006 and 2009)

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

−0.047***

−0.047***

−0.042**

−0.045***

−0.044***

−0.044***

−0.047***

(0.017)

(0.017)

(0.017)

(0.016)

(0.016)

(0.016)

(0.016)

Treatment group

0.012

0.012

0.025**

0.027**

0.027**

0.026**

0.072***

(0.012)

(0.012)

(0.011)

(0.011)

(0.011)

(0.011)

(0.020)

Year 2009

0.032**

0.032**

0.025**

0.036***

0.036***

0.037***

0.039***

(0.013)

(0.013)

(0.012)

(0.012)

(0.012)

(0.012)

(0.012)

German citizenship

 

−0.064**

−0.061**

−0.040

−0.039

−0.050*

−0.048*

 

(0.028)

(0.027)

(0.026)

(0.026)

(0.027)

(0.027)

Siblings

 

−0.006

−0.003

−0.013

−0.013

−0.014

−0.018

 

(0.012)

(0.012)

(0.012)

(0.012)

(0.012)

(0.012)

Studying time (in semesters)

 

0.033***

−0.001

−0.001

−0.002

−0.001

   

(0.003)

(0.004)

(0.004)

(0.004)

(0.004)

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

   

0.124***

0.126***

0.131***

0.125***

   

(0.021)

(0.022)

(0.022)

(0.022)

Age squared

   

−0.001***

−0.001***

−0.001***

−0.001***

   

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

Apprenticeship before studying

   

−0.004

0.001

0.005

     

(0.014)

(0.014)

(0.014)

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

     

 Medium

     

0.006

0.006

     

(0.015)

(0.015)

 High

     

0.031*

0.027*

     

(0.016)

(0.016)

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

     

 Medium

     

0.015

0.017

     

(0.014)

(0.014)

 High

     

0.065***

0.070***

     

(0.016)

(0.016)

Dummy variables for federal states

    

Yes

Constant

6.350***

6.417***

6.200***

4.213***

4.189***

4.090***

4.101***

(0.009)

(0.031)

(0.032)

(0.256)

(0.270)

(0.271)

(0.271)

R 2 adjusted

0.00

0.001

0.047

0.098

0.098

0.101

0.105

Number of observations

14,916

14,916

14,916

14,916

14,916

14,916

14,916

  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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