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Table 5 Robustness checks, 5-year averages (TUB 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

0.636*** (9.937)

−0.0184 (− 0.391)

0.0239* (2.055)

0.190*** (7.134)

0.0187 (0.377)

−0.0199*** (−3.288)

− 0.231*** (−10.44)

− 0.168** (−2.790)

0.0222*** (4.303)

− 0.110*** (− 10.72)

−0.0980** (− 2.091)

−0.00499 (− 0.955)

lnEDU

0.381** (2.781)

−0.460*** (− 9.203)

0.0566*** (4.163)

2.670*** (15.05)

0.271 (1.560)

−0.149*** (− 6.458)

− 0.543*** (− 5.914)

−0.849*** (− 8.600)

0.0690*** (4.346)

−1.340*** (− 18.71)

−1.402*** (− 5.724)

− 0.00379 (− 0.0676)

lnHEXPCSQ

− 0.111*** (− 11.00)

− 0.0112** (− 2.315)

− 0.00134 (− 1.234)

   

0.0319*** (12.06)

0.0202*** (3.708)

−0.00259*** (− 2.946)

   

lnHEXPC*lnEDU

   

−0.639*** (− 24.81)

− 0.179*** (− 3.566)

0.0455*** (12.24)

   

0.166*** (8.657)

0.116*** (3.317)

0.0159* (1.751)

lnICT

−0.316*** (− 6.610)

− 0.149*** (− 36.03)

0.0262*** (6.725)

−0.367*** (− 7.564)

−0.182*** (− 20.18)

0.0384*** (10.30)

− 0.0881*** (− 5.788)

−0.0175 (− 1.492)

0.0134*** (3.167)

− 0.0776*** (− 4.717)

−0.00892 (− 0.539)

0.0181*** (3.307)

lnHCON

0.169*** (5.751)

−0.335*** (− 17.43)

− 0.0721*** (− 7.633)

0.0628*** (4.357)

−0.356*** (− 37.73)

−0.0686*** (− 9.477)

−0.251* (− 1.726)

−0.0909*** (− 3.326)

0.0546* (1.762)

− 0.270* (− 1.797)

−0.108*** (− 5.449)

0.0424 (1.617)

lnTUB

0.261*** (25.54)

0.205*** (44.49)

−0.0645*** (− 11.10)

0.227*** (54.45)

0.197*** (47.27)

−0.0627*** (− 11.99)

− 0.0344 (− 0.867)

0.0805*** (5.567)

−0.0677*** (− 3.245)

−0.0189 (− 0.364)

0.0917*** (5.949)

−0.0652*** (− 3.544)

lnTFP

0.105 (0.596)

0.0314 (0.8 81)

−0.0211 (− 1.005)

0.135 (0.975)

0.0492 (1.530)

−0.0277 (− 1.380)

0.158* (1.829)

− 0.00702 (− 0.489)

−0.0266 (− 1.027)

0.149* (1.740)

− 0.0107 (− 1.479)

−0.0210 (− 0.845)

Threshold

2.86

NA

NA

0.30

NA

0.44

3.62

4.16

4.29

0.66

0.84

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

0.769

0.687

0.721

0.777

0.698

0.731

      

Countries

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

F-Statistic

2492

7761

1472

4543

2208

3791

1595

1179

12,295

1466

136.7

4260

  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, TUB People with tuberculosis, TFP Total factor productivity
  3. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1; t-statistics in parentheses