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Table 4 Civic returns to education with different definition of educational attainment

From: Cultural transmission of civic attitudes

Dependent variable civic engagement intensity (principal components)

 

I

II

 

III

IV

Elementary school (PS)

0.048**

0.048**

Years school ES

0.0026***

0.0025***

(0.020)

(0.020)

 

(0.0010)

(0.0010)

High school education (HSE)

0.081***

0.074***

Years school HSE

0.0040***

0.0034***

(0.022)

(0.024)

 

(0.0004)

(0.0004)

College Education (CE)

0.135***

0.111***

Years school CE

0.0057***

0.0044***

(0.028)

(0.029)

 

(0.0004)

(0.0004)

Civic transmission dummy (CT)

0.068***

0.054***

CT

0.069***

0.056***

(0.003)

(0.004)

 

(0.003)

(0.004)

HSE*CT

 

0.018***

YSHSE*CT

 

0.0011***

 

(0.006)

  

(0.0004)

CE*CT

 

0.042***

YSCE*CT

 

0.0022***

 

(0.010)

  

(0.0006)

No observations

2770

2770

 

2770

2770

  1. The p-value of overall significance of the model is zero in all cases
  2. ***1 % significance level; **5 % significance level; *10 % significance level