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Let the following LPM describe the relationship of interest. are the included ex

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Question

Let the following LPM describe the relationship of interest. are the included exogenous variables. The authors of this article have data on a standardized test taken when each student was a sophomore. How might they use this data to improve their estimates of the effects of attending a Catholic school? Let CathReli be equal to 1 if the student is Catholic, and 0 otherwise. Discuss the validity of this variable as a possible instrument for attending Catholic school. Being Catholic has a significant effect on the probability of attending a Catholic high school, and the t for the null that the coefficient on being Catholic is 0 against a two

Explanation / Answer

if var( u|Cath HS) is not contant but depends on the change of Cath HS the it might happen that the u and Cath HS are correlatted. But in usual sence variance should be independent to the Cath HS