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Table 8 Long-run elasticities and short-run causalities between health indicators and labor force participation rate in Pakistan

From: Effects of health on changing labor force participation in Pakistan

1. Long-run estimated coefficient

 

Variable

  

Coefficient

 
 

LOG(AD)

  

-0.065**

 
 

LOG(HEXP)

  

-0.009***

 
 

LOG(IMR)

  

-0.510**

 
 

LOG(GCF)

  

-0.709**

 
 

LOG(LE)

  

0.592***

 
 

LOG(PPBED)

  

0.022***

 
 

LOG(SSE)

  

-0.175**

 
 

LOG(TOP)

  

0.135**

 

11. Short-run Causality Test (Wald Test F-statistic):

AD

HEXP

IMR

GCF

LE

PPBED

0.595

20.215*

0.516

8.516*

0.516

15.516*

(0.182)

(0.000)

(0.426)

(0.001)

(0.826)

(0.000)

SSE

TOP

    

11.516*

0.425

    

(0.000)

(0.912)

    
  1. *, ** and *** denote significant at 1%, 5% and 10% level. Figures in brackets refer to marginal significance values.