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Table 4 Robustness checks, 5-year averages (HIV models)

From: Sustainable thresholds, health outcomes, health expenditures and education nexus in selected African countries: quadratic and moderation modelling

Variables

PSCC-OLS

PSCC-FE

Quadratic Models

Moderation Models

Quadratic Models

Moderation Models

lnMAT [1]

lnCHD [2]

lnLEX [3]

lnMAT [4]

LnCHD [5]

LnLEX [6]

lnMAT [7]

lnCHD [8]

lnLEX [9]

lnMAT [10]

lnCHD [11]

lnLEX [12]

lnHEXPC

0.818*** (10.34)

0.209*** (2.867)

−0.0619 (−1.225)

0.348*** (6.799)

0.152*** (11.01)

−0.0615** (−2.610)

− 0.306*** (−7.382)

− 0.164** (− 2.619)

0.0314*** (6.134)

− 0.166*** (− 10.11)

− 0.0845 (− 1.502)

−0.00744 (− 0.691)

lnEDU

0.374*** (4.325)

−0.533*** (− 8.122)

0.0910*** (4.483)

3.312*** (59.39)

0.799*** (15.06)

−0.313*** (−3.916)

− 0.541*** (− 4.865)

−0.834*** (− 8.503)

0.0546** (2.498)

−1.862*** (− 12.30)

−1.258*** (− 4.214)

−0.0415 (− 0.463)

lnHEXPCSQ

− 0.127*** (− 23.07)

−0.0366*** (− 5.108)

0.00882* (1.831)

   

0.0442*** (7.349)

0.0192*** (3.579)

−0.00389*** (− 5.440)

   

lnHEXPC*lnEDU

   

−0.793*** (− 29.64)

− 0.341*** (− 44.48)

0.102*** (4.793)

   

0.278*** (14.18)

0.0886* (1.915)

0.0212 (1.372)

lnICT

−0.374*** (− 9.934)

− 0.197*** (−8.269)

0.0418*** (3.861)

−0.442*** (− 9.084)

−0.243*** (− 13.40)

0.0570*** (5.235)

− 0.0986*** (− 5.394)

−0.0129 (− 1.381)

0.0110*** (3.474)

− 0.0740*** (− 4.956)

−0.00774 (− 0.482)

0.0168*** (2.964)

lnHCON

0.0615 (1.155)

−0.480*** (− 10.64)

− 0.0163*** (− 2.858)

−0.0290 (− 0.411)

−0.520*** (− 9.280)

−0.00419 (− 1.001)

−0.176 (− 1.409)

−0.0576 (− 1.443)

0.0104 (0.569)

− 0.209* (− 1.715)

−0.0638 (− 1.549)

0.00173 (0.0982)

lnHIV

0.101*** (11.67)

0.131*** (13.77)

−0.0498*** (− 5.543)

0.0706*** (6.656)

0.125*** (15.19)

−0.0489*** (− 5.971)

− 0.190*** (− 7.997)

0.00868* (1.755)

0.0267 (1.564)

− 0.196*** (− 18.71)

0.0145** (2.539)

0.0152 (0.955)

lnTFP

0.0400 (0.259)

0.00291 (0.115)

− 0.0160 (− 0.833)

0.0890 (0.843)

0.0345** (2.295)

− 0.0266* (− 1.876)

0.171** (2.117)

− 0.0101 (− 0.529)

−0.0262 (− 1.555)

0.167** (2.215)

− 0.0172 (− 1.157)

−0.0185 (− 1.146)

Threshold

3.22

2.86

NA

0.44

0.46

0.60

3.46

4.27

4.04

0.60

NA

NA

Constant

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Year Dummies

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Observations

125

125

125

125

125

125

125

125

125

125

125

125

R-squared

0.652

0.583

0.651

0.685

0.614

0.692

      

Countries

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

F-Statistic

156.8

98.33

669.8

12,423

759.1

21.28

1794

5678

1296

1827

486.1

93.16

  1. Source: Authors’ Calculations
  2. ln Natural logarithm, MAT Maternal mortality, CHD Child mortality, LEX Life expectancy at birth, HEXPC Health expenditures per capita, EDUC Education, ICT Internet users, HCON Household consumption, HIV People living with HIV, TFP Total factor productivity
  3. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1; t-statistics in parentheses