Table 5
The effect of cancer on earnings (in dollars) controlling for unobservable individual characteristics

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Table 5
The effect of cancer on earnings (in dollars) controlling for unobservable individual characteristics
Table summary
This table displays the results of The effect of cancer on earnings (in dollars) controlling for unobservable individual characteristics Unconditional on working at T+j and Conditional on working at T+j (appearing as column headers).
  Unconditional on working at T+j Conditional on working at T+j
T+1 T+2 T+3 T+1 T+2 T+3
Weighted DID regression  
Cancer  
Coefficient -4,967.85Note *** -3,858.98Note *** -3,386.03Note *** -4,269.39Note *** -2,428.57Note *** -1,763.90Note **
Standard error 780.07 748.05 735.03 703.10 625.02 639.44
n (weighted sample) 596,374 595,210 594,014 577,036 564,400 552,832
Weighted linear regression (upper panel of Table 4)  
Cancer  
Coefficient -5,079.37Note *** -3,980.47Note *** -3,756.72Note *** -4,674.72Note *** -2,940.20Note ** -2,427.52Note **
Standard error 902.42 878.38 810.23 953.02 939.40 880.57
n (weighted sample) 596,374 595,210 594,014 577,036 564,400 552,832
Unweighted sample OLS  
Cancer  
Coefficient -5,233.87Note *** -4,076.90Note *** -3,821.77Note *** -4,833.49Note *** -3,047.78Note ** -2,472.27Note **
Standard error 902.52 876.65 814.36 952.25 935.19 881.80
n (unweighted sample) 1,166,397 1,163,918 1,161,372 1,129,985 1,107,613 1,088,126
Note ***

significantly different from reference category (p<0.001)

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Note **

significantly different from reference category (p<0.01)

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Note: All regressions conditional on the full set of control variables listed in Subsection 2.3. DID: difference-in-differences; n: number of observations; OLS: ordinary least squares; T: year of cancer diagnosis in the cancer sample. Author's calculations.
Source: Statistics Canada, 1991 Census–Longitudinal Worker File.
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