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Table 3B Effects of FI on LE

From: Food insecurity, environment, institutional quality, and health outcomes: evidence from South Asia

 

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DV: LE

InQ on PN-LE nexus

InQ on KS-LE nexus

InQ on CI-LE nexus

InQ on SE-LE nexus

InQ on PG-LE nexus

InQ on HE-LE nexus

InQ on CO2e-LE nexus

InQ on UR-LE nexus

InQ on InF-LE nexus

Lagged DV

0.247** (2.55)

0.382*** (3.97)

0.347*** (3.64)

0.380*** (3.95)

0.373** (2.58)

0.368*** (3.81)

0.379*** (3.95)

0.381*** (3.96)

0.390*** (4.04)

PN

-0.019*** (-3.45)

-0.081** (-2.26)

-0.116** (-2.88)

-0.082** (-2.32)

-0.079** (-2.11)

-0.084** (-2.38)

-0.0841** (-2.39)

-0.0881** (-2.46)

-0.0858** (-2.61)

KS

1.479*** (4.84)

1.211*** (3.18)

1.470** (2.63)

1.094** (2.18)

1.136** (2.56)

1.091*** (3.14)

1.249*** (3.01)

1.787** (2.34)

1.742*** (3.14)

CI

-1.95*** (-2.60)

-1.827* (-1.93)

-1.242* (-1.86)

-1.823* (-1.89)

-1.272* (-1.88)

-1.54*** (-3.11)

-1.115* (-1.99)

-1.283* (-1.89)

-1.358* (-1.90)

SE

0.0180 (1.08)

0.087 (1.14)

0.0654 (1.11)

0.076 (1.31)

0.0106 (0.94)

0.0119 (0.96)

0.0105 (0.87)

0.00961 (0.77)

0.0100 (0.88)

PG

0.0574*** (3.36)

0.071*** (3.85)

0.068*** (3.39)

0.067*** (3.41)

0.0399* (1.75)

0.0730*** (3.92)

0.0689*** (4.01)

0.0657*** (3.81)

0.0671*** (4.01)

HE

0.0388* (1.88)

0.084* (1.82)

0.0297* (1.92)

0.043** (2.11)

0.0101* (1.77)

0.0345* (1.99)

0.0603* (1.95)

0.0252* (1.99)

0.0275* (1.89)

CO2e

-0.694* (-1.91)

-0.489* (-1.90)

-0.350** (-2.10)

-0.39** (-2.42)

-0.561** (-2.10)

-0.615* (-1.91)

-0.079** (-2.46)

-0.356** (-2.50)

-0.332** (-2.47)

UR

0.158*** (2.99)

0.179*** (3.11)

0.191*** (4.00)

0.16*** (3.88)

0.184** (2.55)

0.177*** (3.18)

0.167*** (3.01)

0.170** (2.77)

0.155** (2.55)

InF

-0.0127** (-2.11)

-0.0689* (-1.79)

-0.058* (-1.80)

-0.0614* (-1.73)

-0.0713* (-1.77)

-0.076** (-2.22)

-0.0675* (-1.90)

-0.0633** (-2.46)

-0.0186** (-2.87)

InQ

0.083*** (3.60)

0.0309*** (3.22)

0.0201*** (4.45)

0.0621*** (3.65)

0.0642** (2.88)

0.0267*** (3.19)

0.0349*** (4.48)

0.088*** (4.00)

0.0871*** (3.71)

Moderating effect

InQ*PN

-0.012*** (-3.04)

        

InQ*KS

 

1.866*** (4.28)

       

InQ*CI

  

-0.98*** (-3.11)

      

InQ*SE

   

0.102 (1.01)

     

InQ*PG

    

0.070*** (3.67)

    

InQ*HE

     

0. 108*** (4.03)

   

InQ*CO2e

      

-0.196** (-2.33)

  

InQ*UR

       

0.490*** (3.43)

 

InQ*InF

        

0.00054 (1.08)

Constant

-4.00*** (-3.89)

-7.48*** (-3.33)

-6.068** (-2.55)

-4.99** (-2.47)

-5.26** (2.45)

-4.52*** (-3.07)

-7.34*** (4.40)

-9.27*** (-3.18)

-9.55*** (-3.66)

Diagnostic check

Observations

159

155

157

157

158

158

157

157

158

Number of IDs

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

Arellano-bond (1)

-4.55***

-4.13***

-4.33***

-4.66***

-4.65***

-4.02***

-4.88***

-4.78***

-4.10

Arellano-bond (2)

-0.999

-0.889

-1.812

-1.007

-1.045

-1.199

-1.099

-1.111

-0.861

Sargan chi2

28.12

31.45

30.55

32.11

30.61

32.21

29.20

30.44

28.16

  1. Notes: ***, **, and * indicate significance at 1%, 5%, and 10%, respectively. z-values are in parenthesis. DV: dependent variable, PN: Prevalence of undernourishment, KS: Per capita kilocalorie supply, CI: Inequality in per capita calorie intake, SE: School enrollment ratio, PG: Per capita GDP, HE: Per capita health expenditures, CO2e: CO2 emissions, UR: Urbanization, InF: Inflation uncertainty, InQ: Institutional quality index. InQ*X refers to the interaction of institutional quality index with explanatory variables.
  2. Source: Authors’ computations.