1 Changes from previous version

  1. Using slightly updated version of the dataset with changes to coverage for Ethiopia and digital regisrtation variable for The Gambia
  2. Added fourth spending reg with all of the dependent variables

2 Coverage regressions

Dependent variable:
coverage
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
pre_coverage 1.147*** 1.055*** 1.105*** 0.955*** 1.018*** 0.796*** 0.862*** 0.668*** 0.677***
(0.117) (0.114) (0.119) (0.123) (0.124) (0.118) (0.133) (0.126) (0.120)
rGDPg2020 -0.010** -0.009** -0.008** -0.008*
(0.005) (0.004) (0.004) (0.004)
log_deaths 0.032** 0.026* 0.010 0.039***
(0.015) (0.015) (0.014) (0.013)
dig_id 0.184*** 0.159**
(0.068) (0.072)
dig_reg 0.253*** 0.245*** 0.259*** 0.207***
(0.054) (0.061) (0.049) (0.058)
eap 0.172** 0.279***
(0.084) (0.078)
Constant 0.131*** 0.112*** 0.025 0.010 -0.044 0.040* 0.023 0.029 -0.072**
(0.028) (0.026) (0.051) (0.042) (0.049) (0.021) (0.044) (0.018) (0.037)
Observations 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83
R2 0.506 0.533 0.546 0.569 0.572 0.663 0.651 0.697 0.714
Adjusted R2 0.499 0.521 0.535 0.553 0.556 0.650 0.637 0.681 0.699
Residual Std. Error 0.224 (df = 81) 0.219 (df = 80) 0.216 (df = 80) 0.211 (df = 79) 0.211 (df = 79) 0.187 (df = 79) 0.190 (df = 79) 0.178 (df = 78) 0.173 (df = 78)
F Statistic 82.817*** (df = 1; 81) 45.589*** (df = 2; 80) 48.158*** (df = 2; 80) 34.817*** (df = 3; 79) 35.259*** (df = 3; 79) 51.797*** (df = 3; 79) 49.066*** (df = 3; 79) 44.848*** (df = 4; 78) 48.703*** (df = 4; 78)
Note: p<0.1; p<0.05; p<0.01

3 Spending regressions

Dependent variable:
coverage
(1) (2) (3) (4)
pre_spending 0.116*** 0.079*** 0.110*** 0.052
(0.027) (0.027) (0.040) (0.032)
expansion 0.993*** 1.021***
(0.092) (0.088)
non_ct_spending 0.538 2.233
(1.954) (1.437)
Constant 0.284*** 0.116*** 0.276*** 0.078**
(0.042) (0.032) (0.048) (0.031)
Observations 61 60 61 60
R2 0.161 0.666 0.162 0.683
Adjusted R2 0.146 0.655 0.133 0.666
Residual Std. Error 0.280 (df = 59) 0.178 (df = 57) 0.282 (df = 58) 0.175 (df = 56)
F Statistic 11.287*** (df = 1; 59) 56.917*** (df = 2; 57) 5.589*** (df = 2; 58) 40.285*** (df = 3; 56)
Note: p<0.1; p<0.05; p<0.01