xtabond2 lncases l3.lncases lnincome lngdp lnunion lnpcdi lnjobless law , gmm(law lncases lnun
> ion lngdp, laglimits(2 2)) iv(l4.lncases) noleveleq robust small nomata
Building GMM instruments.....
2 instrument(s) dropped because of collinearity.
Estimating.
Performing specification tests.
Dynamic panel-data estimation, one-step difference GMM
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Group variable: area Number of obs = 153
Time variable : year Number of groups = 31
Number of instruments = 19 Obs per group: min = 3
F(6, 30) = 59.05 avg = 4.94
Prob > F = 0.000 max = 5
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| Robust
lncases | Coef. Std. Err. t P>|t| [95% Conf. Interval]
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lncases |
L3. | -.3053691 .1444331 -2.11 0.043 -.6003409 -.0103973
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lnincome | 1.058878 1.374251 0.77 0.447 -1.747717 3.865474
lngdp | -.4961866 .5670609 -0.88 0.389 -1.654279 .6619062
lnunion | .1816556 .6299571 0.29 0.775 -1.104888 1.4682
lnpcdi | .2921706 2.188008 0.13 0.895 -4.176338 4.760679
lnjobless | .2809283 .834063 0.34 0.739 -1.422456 1.984312
law | .5090836 .0706035 7.21 0.000 .364892 .6532753
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Instruments for first differences equation
Standard
D.L4.lncases
GMM-type (missing=0, separate instruments for each period unless collapsed)
L2.(law lncases lnunion lngdp)
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Arellano-Bond test for AR(1) in first differences: z = -1.52 Pr > z = 0.128
Arellano-Bond test for AR(2) in first differences: z = -1.16 Pr > z = 0.246
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Sargan test of overid. restrictions: chi2(12) = 18.91 Prob > chi2 = 0.091
(Not robust, but not weakened by many instruments.)
Hansen test of overid. restrictions: chi2(12) = 13.78 Prob > chi2 = 0.315
(Robust, but weakened by many instruments.)
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