The convergence of Chinese county government health expenditures: capitation and contribution

Table 3 Regression results of β-convergence

Delta GHE	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Log GHE	−0.0988^***	−0.2410^***	−0.3550^***	−0.5450^***
Log GHE	(0.0057)	(0.0099)	(0.0103)	(0.0157)
Log general revenue		0.0324^***		0.0789^***
Log general revenue		(0.0072)		(0.0131)
Log grants to county government		0.2010^***		0.2820^***
Log grants to county government		(0.0103)		(0.0170)
Log transfer to superior government		−0.0187^***		−0.0190^***
Log transfer to superior government		(0.0034)		(0.0056)
Population density		0.000002^*		0.000005^***
Population density		0.0000		0.0000
Sex ratio		−0.0038		0.0065
Sex ratio		(0.0061)		(0.0133)
Ratio of non-agriculture population		−0.0131		−0.1980^***
Ratio of non-agriculture population		(0.0075)		(0.0146)
Constant	0.2540^***	−0.1210^***	0.9300^***	0.3530^***
Constant	(0.0088)	(0.0235)	(0.0151)	(0.0405)
N	7764	7764	1941	1941
R-squared	0.0374	0.0868	0.3805	0.5158

Note: Each column represents a regression based on equation (3). Column (1) and (2) test the short-term β-convergence (k = 1), and Column (3) and (4) test the long-term β-convergence (k = 4). *, *** is significant at 5 %, 0.1 %, respectively. Standard errors are in parentheses. Model (1) and (3) are estimated by univariate Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method. Model (2) and (4) are estimated by multivariate General Least Square (GLS) and OLS method, respectively (Stata 11 software). GHE is the abbreviation of government health expenditure

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