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st: interpreting coefficients in growth equation


From   D-Ta <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   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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