1 Changes from previous version

  • Added digital ID dummy to the final two coverage regressions to create two new regressions
  • Added regression of average benefit on coverage alone

2 Coverage regressions

Dependent variable:
coverage
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
rGDPg2020 -0.023*** -0.019*** -0.011** -0.010* -0.010*
(0.006) (0.006) (0.005) (0.005) (0.005)
log_deaths 0.032 0.030 0.003 0.031 0.030
(0.020) (0.020) (0.019) (0.021) (0.020)
dig_id 0.334*** 0.343*** 0.116 -0.008
(0.080) (0.095) (0.091) (0.080)
dig_reg 0.377*** 0.413*** 0.357*** 0.245*** 0.317*** 0.246***
(0.062) (0.063) (0.055) (0.072) (0.068) (0.076)
eap 0.285*** 0.313*** 0.285*** 0.311***
(0.090) (0.102) (0.091) (0.105)
log_gdp 0.091** 0.093**
(0.042) (0.044)
regionECA -0.206*** -0.207**
(0.078) (0.081)
regionLAC 0.017 0.017
(0.084) (0.083)
regionMENA -0.135 -0.136
(0.092) (0.095)
regionSAR 0.031 0.031
(0.105) (0.106)
regionSSA
Constant 0.240*** 0.207** 0.033 -0.016 0.097*** 0.108 0.065** -0.726** 0.008 -0.737**
(0.033) (0.088) (0.052) (0.068) (0.031) (0.066) (0.025) (0.300) (0.037) (0.311)
Observations 83 89 83 83 83 83 83 82 83 82
R2 0.151 0.039 0.283 0.220 0.470 0.439 0.577 0.648 0.590 0.648
Adjusted R2 0.140 0.028 0.265 0.200 0.457 0.425 0.561 0.609 0.569 0.604
Residual Std. Error 0.293 (df = 81) 0.317 (df = 87) 0.271 (df = 80) 0.283 (df = 80) 0.233 (df = 80) 0.240 (df = 80) 0.209 (df = 79) 0.198 (df = 73) 0.208 (df = 78) 0.199 (df = 72)
F Statistic 14.375*** (df = 1; 81) 3.569* (df = 1; 87) 15.789*** (df = 2; 80) 11.254*** (df = 2; 80) 35.530*** (df = 2; 80) 31.311*** (df = 2; 80) 35.990*** (df = 3; 79) 16.789*** (df = 8; 73) 28.044*** (df = 4; 78) 14.722*** (df = 9; 72)
Note: p<0.1; p<0.05; p<0.01

3 Spending regressions

Dependent variable:
spending
(1) (2) (3) (4)
pre_spending 0.003*** 0.002*** 0.003** 0.002
(0.001) (0.001) (0.001) (0.001)
expansion 0.020*** 0.021***
(0.005) (0.005)
non_ct_spending 0.038 0.073
(0.067) (0.058)
Constant 0.005*** 0.001 0.004** 0.0002
(0.001) (0.001) (0.002) (0.001)
Observations 61 60 61 60
R2 0.156 0.405 0.162 0.428
Adjusted R2 0.142 0.384 0.133 0.398
Residual Std. Error 0.008 (df = 59) 0.007 (df = 57) 0.008 (df = 58) 0.007 (df = 56)
F Statistic 10.896*** (df = 1; 59) 19.426*** (df = 2; 57) 5.618*** (df = 2; 58) 13.988*** (df = 3; 56)
Note: p<0.1; p<0.05; p<0.01

4 Average benefit

Dependent variable:
avg_ben
(1) (2) (3)
log_gdp -0.006** -0.006*
(0.003) (0.003)
coverage -0.012 -0.002
(0.008) (0.008)
Constant 0.076*** 0.027*** 0.073**
(0.026) (0.005) (0.028)
Observations 61 61 61
R2 0.089 0.041 0.090
Adjusted R2 0.073 0.024 0.058
Residual Std. Error 0.018 (df = 59) 0.018 (df = 59) 0.018 (df = 58)
F Statistic 5.755** (df = 1; 59) 2.493 (df = 1; 59) 2.860* (df = 2; 58)
Note: p<0.1; p<0.05; p<0.01