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Table 3 Non-spatial and spatial Tobit models

From: The supply of general practitioners across local areas: accounting for spatial heterogeneity

 

Tobit

Spatial Tobit

Spatial Tobit

N = 5

N = 10

Mean Income ($10,000)d

0.078c

0.084b

0.069a

 

(0.026)

(0.035)

(0.038)

Labour Force Participation Rate (%)

0.027c

0.034c

0.034c

 

(0.008)

(0.009)

(0.009)

Neighbouring Labour Force Participation Rate (%)

 

−0.037c

−0.037b

  

(0.014)

(0.017)

Mortality Rate (%)

0.034

0.014

0.010

 

(0.026)

(0.028)

(0.028)

Neighbouring Mortality Rate (%)

 

0.015

0.011

  

(0.053)

(0.068)

ARIA scored

−0.085c

−0.061b

−0.067b

 

(0.017)

(0.025)

(0.029)

Hospitals (count)

0.380c

0.377c

0.385c

 

(0.046)

(0.046)

(0.046)

Neighbouring Hospitals (count)

 

−0.015

−0.116

  

(0.106)

(0.144)

Private Schools (count)

0.094c

0.075c

0.072c

 

(0.020)

(0.021)

(0.021)

Neighbouring Private Schools (count)

 

0.091b

0.146c

  

(0.039)

(0.047)

Indigenous (%)

0.023c

0.012a

0.011

 

(0.007)

(0.007)

(0.007)

Neighbouring Indigenous (%)

 

0.012

0.026

  

(0.013)

(0.016)

Female (% of population)

0.075c

0.057c

0.063c

 

(0.017)

(0.019)

(0.018)

Neighbouring Female (% of population)

 

0.047

0.020

  

(0.032)

(0.039)

Proportion over 65 (% of population)

0.019a

0.054c

0.051c

 

(0.011)

(0.013)

(0.013)

Neighbouring Proportion over 65 (% of population)

 

−0.086c

−0.082c

  

(0.020)

(0.023)

Proportion under 14 (% of population)

−0.093c

−0.071c

−0.076c

 

(0.009)

(0.013)

(0.013)

Neighbouring Proportion under 14 (% of population)

 

−0.031a

−0.031a

  

(0.017)

(0.018)

Constant

−4.230c

−2.271

−1.572

 

(1.039)

(1.880)

(2.387)

Log likelihood

−2872.085

−2852.798

−2852.942

Link-test hat-squared

−0.221c

−0.250c

−0.249c

 

(0.033)

(0.032)

(0.032)

Moran’s I

 

0.029c

0.049c

z-score

 

2.349

5.450

Observations

2032

2032

2032

  1. Variable coefficients with standard errors in parentheses
  2. asignificant at the 10% level; bsignificant at the 5% level; csignificant at the 1% level
  3. dmeasured at the regional level for the spatial models (Eq. 3)