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st: interpreting coefficients in growth equation
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D-Ta <[email protected]>
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st: interpreting coefficients in growth equation
Date
Sat, 26 Mar 2011 03:41:44 +0100
Dear all,
I am having problems to interpret my regression coefficients.
Using pooled OLS on panel data, the estimated model is the following:
BMI_growth_future=b0+b1*BMI_present+b2*logIncome+b3*Age+u
BMI_growth is a percentage growth rate (in percent, i.e. *100) of BMI
between the present period and some future period.
BMI_present is the present level of BMI (this coefficient is included to
controll for convergence effects)
LogIncome and Age are self explaining.
I get the following OLS estimates:
b0=3.5
b1=-0.33
b2=0.14
b3=0.11
I am interested how to know how to interpret the coefficients and I am
very thankful for help.
Darjusch (PhD candidate)
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