Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions
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Transcribed Image Text:3.) Siblings and education
The following equation was estimated via OLS,
educ; = 10.36 0.094 sibsį +0.131 meduc; +0.210. feduci
n = 722, R² = 0.214
where educ is years of schooling, sibs is number of siblings, meduc is mother's years of schooling,
and feduc is father's years of schooling.
(a) Does sibs have the expected effect? Explain. Holding meduc and feduc fixed, by how much
does sibs have to increase to reduce predicted years of education by one year? (A noninteger
answer is acceptable here.)
(b) Discuss the interpretation of the coefficient on meduc.
(c) Suppose that Man A has no siblings, and his mother and father each have 12 years of edu-
cation. Man B has no siblings, and his mother and father each have 16 years of education.
What is the predicted difference in years of education between B and A?
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