Fill in the cells in the table below by providing the predicted log wage for each category:   Domestic Workers (Min wage changed) Non-Domestic Workers (Min wage did not change) Before     After

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ECONOMETRICS:  Using the information in picture 3a),

  1. Fill in the cells in the table below by providing the predicted log wage for each category:

 

Domestic Workers (Min wage changed)

Non-Domestic Workers (Min wage did not change)

Before

 

 

After

 

 

Variable
Label
Log hourly wage
=1 if After Minimum Wage Law takes effect
=1 if Domestic Service Worker
loghwage
post
domestic
postXdom
Interaction: Post X Domestic
I run a differences-in-differences regression to see if the minimum wage did indeed raise
the wages of domestic workers (i.e. was the law enforced, which is not obvious!):
loghwage |
Coef.
Std. Err.
t
P>|t|
[95% Conf. Interval]
.031943
0.000
.0934516
post |
domestic |
.1560798
4.89
.218708
-.7097982
.0478374
-14.84
0.000
-.8035892
-.6160071
postXdom |
|
.1339875
.0691446
1.94
0.053
-.0015788
.2695537
cons
1.568741
.0225354
69.61
0.000
1.524558
1.612924
Transcribed Image Text:Variable Label Log hourly wage =1 if After Minimum Wage Law takes effect =1 if Domestic Service Worker loghwage post domestic postXdom Interaction: Post X Domestic I run a differences-in-differences regression to see if the minimum wage did indeed raise the wages of domestic workers (i.e. was the law enforced, which is not obvious!): loghwage | Coef. Std. Err. t P>|t| [95% Conf. Interval] .031943 0.000 .0934516 post | domestic | .1560798 4.89 .218708 -.7097982 .0478374 -14.84 0.000 -.8035892 -.6160071 postXdom | | .1339875 .0691446 1.94 0.053 -.0015788 .2695537 cons 1.568741 .0225354 69.61 0.000 1.524558 1.612924
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