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Table 4 Estimation results for high-, middle-, and low-income countries

From: Comparative analysis of the effects of institutional factors and Piketty’s Hypothesis on inequality: evidence from a panel of countries

 

High-income

Middle-income

Low-income

Variable

(1) EFW with (r − g) × EFW

(2) EFW with (r − g) × EFW [IV]

(3) EFW with (r − g) × EFW

(4) EFW with (r − g) × EFW [IV]

(5) EFW with (r − g) × EFW

(6) EFW with (r − g) × EFW [IV]

EFW

0.012224

(0.002944) ***

−0.027931

(0.010880)**

0.019469

(0.002737)***

0.052680

(0.009976)***

0.001709

(0.006614)

0.013558

(0.021279)

(r−g)

0.003302

(0.001877)*

0.002655

(0.002135)

0.000704

(0.001120)

0.001298

(0.001263)

0.000546

(0.004302)

0.013752

(0.006953)*

(r−g) × EFW

−0.000477

(0.000256)*

−0.000390

(0.000292)

−8.06E − 05

0.000170

−0.000160

(0.000192)

−6.13E − 05

(0.000608)

−0.001959

(0.000983)**

Lag GDP/capita

4.18E − 07

(2.41E − 07)*

7.22E − 07

(2.67E − 07)***

−7.29E − 06

(9.18E − 07)***

−1.16E − 05

(1.59E − 06)***

1.14E − 05

(1.74E − 05)

2.95E − 06

(1.75E − 05)

Govt. spending (as  % of GDP)

−0.000525

(0.000582)

−0.002334

(0.000746)***

−0.001207

(-0.001207)**

−0.000634

(0.000572)

0.001210

(0.000803)

0.001557

(0.001285)

Inflation

0.000506

(0.000298)*

−0.000126

(0.000365)

0.000294

(0.000147)**

0.000990

(0.000258)***

0.000470

(0.000355)

−0.000498

(0.000564)

Population growth rate

0.000792

(0.001525)

−0.000372

(0.001698)

0.000108

(0.001176)

−0.000533

(0.001326)

0.004484

(0.007610)

−0.045721

(0.009437)***

Natural resource rent (as  % of GDP)

−0.000932

(0.000530)*

−0.000685

(0.000563)

−0.000742

(0.000356)**

−0.000906

(0.000400)**

0.000952

(0.000609)

0.000420

(0.001036)

Gross savings rate (as  % of GDP)

−0.000367

(0.000245)

−0.000644

(0.000275)**

0.000454

(0.000191)**

0.000429

(0.000213)**

0.001166

(0.000476)**

0.002799

(0.000925)**

Tax revenue (as  % of GDP)

−0.000691

(0.000174)***

−0.001190

(0.000229)***

−0.001305

(0.000361)***

−0.001418

(0.000404)***

−0.000904

(0.001114)

0.001325

(0.002308)

Trade openness

−1.42E − 05

(4.36E − 05)

5.28E − 05

(4.94E − 05)

0.000126

(6.61E − 05)*

1.87E − 05

(7.99E − 05)

−0.000221

(0.000176)

0.000779

(0.000250)***

Unemployment rate

0.001466

(0.000252)***

0.000566

(0.000376)

0.001321

(0.000430)***

0.000833

(0.000500)*

−0.000569

(0.001606)

0.002975

(0.001273)**

Redundant fixed effects tests (prob)

125.551393

(0.0000)

 

211.849998

(0.0000)

 

31.495902

(0.0000)

 

Hausman test

(Prob)

51.324853

(0.0000)

 

24.774029

(0.0159)

 

 

Observations

646

629

646

646

102

102

Number of countries

38

37

38

38

6

6

Adj. R-squared

0.949992

0.944860

0.945949

0.932593

0.912050

0.738918

F-statistic

251.0613

269.7732

231.3719

225.0688

62.61075

27.29917

Prob (F-statistic)

0.000000

0.000000

0.000000

0.000000

0.000000

0.000000

  1. Dependent variable is Gini of net income. All regressions report panel fixed effects. Standard errors are in parentheses and ***, **, * indicates significant at 1%, 5%, and 10% level
  2. Source Research calculations