Partial Effects in Ordered Response Models with Factor Variables

Andrew Hodge and Sriram Shankar

Econometric Reviews, 2014, vol. 33, issue 8, 854-868

Abstract: Interpretation in nonlinear regression models that include sets of dummy variables representing categories of underlying categorical variables is not straightforward. Partial effects giving the differences between each category and the reference category are routinely computed in the empirical economics literature. Yet, partial effects yielding the differences between each category and all other categories are not calculated, despite having great interpretative value. We derive the correct formulae for calculating these partial effects for an ordered probit model. The results of an application using data on subjective well-being illustrate the usefulness of the alternative partial effects.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/07474938.2013.806157

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