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Given: (6 Pts Where: LNWAGES = the Natural Log of Pay Per Hour

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Given: (6 pts. each)
Dependent Variable: LNWAGES
Method: Least Squares
Date: 12/05/08 Time: 10:01
Sample: 1534
Included observations: 534

 Variable  Coefficient  Std. Error  t-Statistic  Prob.  C 1.1651620.10612710.978950.0000 ED 0.0768500.0078679.7684700.0000 FEM 0.2320710.0412535.6255640.0000 R-squared 0.192822 Mean dependent var 2.059181 Adjusted R-squared 0.189782 S.D. dependent var 0.527733 S.E. of regression 0.475024 Akaike info criterion 1.354700 Sum squared resid 119.8191 Schwarz criterion 1.378747 Log likelihood 358.7049 F-statistic 63.42366 Durbin-Watson stat 1.903586 Prob(F-statistic) 0.000000\begin{array}{crlrr}\hline \hline \text { Variable } & \text { Coefficient } & \text { Std. Error } & \text { t-Statistic } & \text { Prob. } \\\hline \hline \text { C } & 1.165162 & 0.106127 & 10.97895 & 0.0000 \\\text { ED } & 0.076850 & 0.007867 & 9.768470 & 0.0000 \\\text { FEM } & -0.232071 & 0.041253 & -5.625564 & 0.0000 \\\hline \hline \text { R-squared } & 0.192822 & \text { Mean dependent var } & &2.059181 \\\text { Adjusted R-squared } & 0.189782 & \text { S.D. dependent var } && 0.527733 \\\text { S.E. of regression } & 0.475024 & \text { Akaike info criterion } & &1.354700 \\\text { Sum squared resid } & 119.8191 & \text { Schwarz criterion } && 1.378747 \\\text { Log likelihood } & -358.7049 & \text { F-statistic } && 63.42366 \\\text { Durbin-Watson stat } & 1.903586 & \text { Prob(F-statistic) } & &0.000000 \\\hline \hline\end{array}
Where: LNWAGES = the natural log of pay per hour of work
ED = years of education
FEM = 1 if female, 0 otherwise
A) Interpret the value of the constant term.
B) Interpret the value of the coefficient on ED.
C) Interpret the value of the coefficient on FEM.
D) According to this model, what are the expected wages of a female with 16 years of education?

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