Table 3

The effect of individualism on potential mechanisms

Potential mechanismsLog of GDP per capitaGovernanceFemale political representation
(1)(2)(3)
Panel A. Second-stage estimates. Dependent variables are potential mechanisms
IDV0.073***0.044***0.348***
 [0.010][0.006][0.076]
Panel B. First-stage estimates. Dependent variable is IDV
Bdist_UK−7.523***−7.608***−7.524***
 [2.502][2.501][2.503]
pathogen−16.238***−16.083***−16.342***
 [3.229][3.292][3.211]
Geographic controls
First-stage F-statistic28.1525.0328.79
Over-identification [p-value]0.7890.5170.317
Observations847985
First-stage R-squared0.6610.6630.660

Note(s): Robust standard errors in squared brackets. ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1

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