Prior to an Expanded Child Care Subsidy Program in Illinois

question 1

Multiple Choice

Prior to an expanded child care subsidy program in Illinois, the labor force participation rate of single mothers in Illinois was 45% and in Wisconsin was 48%. After Illinois expanded its child care subsidy program, the participation rate increased to 58% in Illinois and to 51% in Wisconsin. The expanded child care program in Illinois is estimated to increase labor force participation of single mothers by how much according to a difference-in-differences estimator?

• A) 3%
• B) 6%
• C) 7%
• D) 10%
• E) 13%

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Definitions:

r Values

r Values, often denoted as the correlation coefficient, measure the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two variables.

Spearman Rank Correlation

A non-parametric measure of correlation that assesses the strength and direction of the association between two ranked variables, useful for ordinal data.

Pearson Correlation

A measure of the linear correlation between two variables, quantifying the degree to which they vary together.

Normal Distribution

A probability distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence.