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Table 5 Marginal effects results

From: Health expenditure convergence and the roles of trade and governance in Africa

Variables

Clubs

GGHE/GE

DGHEp

lRGDPp

Final club 1

0.209***

(0.035)

-0.093***

(0.030)

Final club 2

-0.082**

(0.033)

0.093***

(0.030)

Divergent gr

-0.128***

(0.023)

 

lPOP<15

Final club 1

-0.759**

(0.259)

-1.413***

(0.295)

Final club 2

1.229***

(0.294)

1.413***

(0.295)

Divergent gr

-0.471**

(0.182)

 

lPOP ≥ 65

Final club 1

0.467***

(0.121)

0.038

(0.116)

Final club 2

-0.091

(0.128)

-0.038

(0.116)

Divergent gr

-0.377***

(0.089)

 

lURB

Final club 1

-0.807***

(0.075)

-0.259***

(0.052)

Final club 2

0.196**

(0.071)

0.259***

(0.052)

Divergent gr

0.611***

(0.108)

 

lEXHE

Final club 1

-0.420

(0.316)

-0.177

(0.228)

Final club 2

0.544

(0.369)

0.177

(0.228)

Divergent gr

-0.124

(0.173)

 

lTRD

Final club 1

0.167***

(0.030)

0.416***

(0.040)

Final club 2

-0.035

(0.028)

-0.416***

(0.040)

Divergent gr

-0.132***

(0.019)

 

lSAN

Final club 1

0.003

(0.025)

0.139***

(0.026)

Final club 2

0.035

(0.027)

-0.139***

(0.026)

Divergent gr

-0.038**

(0.015)

 

lTB

Final club 1

0.121***

(0.028)

-0.017

(0.023)

Final club 2

-0.131***

(0.030)

0.017

(0.023)

Divergent gr

0.010

(0.016)

 

HIV

Final club 1

0.055***

(0.011)

0.051***

(0.012)

Final club 2

-0.088***

(0.013)

-0.051***

(0.012)

Divergent gr

0.032***

(0.005)

 

lIMR

Final club 1

0.253**

(0.103)

-0.192*

(0.101)

Final club 2

-0.680***

(0.123)

0.192*

(0.101)

Divergent gr

0.427***

(0.081)

 

lLE

Final club 1

2.383***

(0.318)

0.578*

(0.341)

Final club 2

-3.381***

(0.323)

-0.578*

(0.341)

Divergent gr

0.999***

(0.195)

 

llCT

Final club 1

-0.018

(0.014)

-0.037**

(0.014)

Final club 2

0.016

(0.013)

0.037**

(0.014)

Divergent gr

0.002

(0.005)

 

lINS

Final club 1

-0.087**

(0.033)

-0.045

(0.034)

Final club 2

0.044

(0.035)

0.045

(0.034)

Divergent gr

0.043**

(0.014)

 

No. of observation

 

785

762

P-Values

 

0.0000

0.0000

  1. Source: Authors’ own computations
  2. Note: ***, **, and * represent statistical significance at 1%, 5%, and 10%