Table 7.

Effect of Consultant Interactions on App Engagement

(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Panel A. OLS estimates
Consultant meeting0.0445***0.0437***0.0431***0.0371***0.0363***
(0.007)(0.007)(0.007)(0.007)(0.007)
R-squared0.00540.00580.02460.06270.0857
Panel B. 2SLS estimates
Consultant meeting0.138***0.135***0.115***0.099***0.115***
(0.011)(0.012)(0.012)(0.016)(0.018)
Panel C. First-stage estimates
Consultant availability0.0796***0.0781***0.0955***0.0893***0.0892***
(0.004)(0.004)(0.004)(0.003)(0.004)
F-statistic (excluded instrument)337.2314.2719.6682.1475.4
R-squared0.06110.06220.14080.21290.2203
Panel D. Reduced-form estimates
Consultant availability0.011***0.011***0.011***0.009***0.010***
(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.002)
R-squared0.00320.00350.02220.06050.0837
Text message dummyNYYYY
Individual × weekday FEsNNYYY
Individual × week FEsNNNYY
Date × capsule dummiesNNNNY
Number of weeks1414141414
Week days77777
Number of capsules2828282828
Number of subjects166166166166166
Observations455,504455,504455,504455,504455,504
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Panel A. OLS estimates
Consultant meeting0.0445***0.0437***0.0431***0.0371***0.0363***
(0.007)(0.007)(0.007)(0.007)(0.007)
R-squared0.00540.00580.02460.06270.0857
Panel B. 2SLS estimates
Consultant meeting0.138***0.135***0.115***0.099***0.115***
(0.011)(0.012)(0.012)(0.016)(0.018)
Panel C. First-stage estimates
Consultant availability0.0796***0.0781***0.0955***0.0893***0.0892***
(0.004)(0.004)(0.004)(0.003)(0.004)
F-statistic (excluded instrument)337.2314.2719.6682.1475.4
R-squared0.06110.06220.14080.21290.2203
Panel D. Reduced-form estimates
Consultant availability0.011***0.011***0.011***0.009***0.010***
(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.002)
R-squared0.00320.00350.02220.06050.0837
Text message dummyNYYYY
Individual × weekday FEsNNYYY
Individual × week FEsNNNYY
Date × capsule dummiesNNNNY
Number of weeks1414141414
Week days77777
Number of capsules2828282828
Number of subjects166166166166166
Observations455,504455,504455,504455,504455,504

Source: Data on video capsule completion come from the log file of the mobile app. The dates of the business consulting meetings and the calendar availability of consultants come from the log books kept by the consultants.

Note: This table presents the impact of holding a business consulting meeting on the probability of watching a video capsule on the same date for the training subjects in the treatment group. Each observation is a trainee × capsule × date triplet. Panel A presents the ordinary least squares (OLS) regression estimates, while panel B shows the second-stage estimates from the instrumental variables (IV) strategy, calculated via two stage least squares (2SLS). The first-stage and reduced-form estimates from the IV strategy are reported in panels C and D, respectively. The dependent variable is an indicator of trainee i’s viewership of the video capsule c at date t in panels A, B, and D, while an indicator for the event that trainee i holds a consulting meeting at t is the dependent variable in panel C. The “text message dummy” control is an indicator for the event that the consulting company sent a text reminder to encourage video capsule completion to i at t. Standard errors within parentheses are clustered at the store-owner level and are robust to heteroskedasticity of unknown form. *** Significant at 1 percent. ** Significant at 5 percent. * Significant at 10 percent.

Table 7.

Effect of Consultant Interactions on App Engagement

(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Panel A. OLS estimates
Consultant meeting0.0445***0.0437***0.0431***0.0371***0.0363***
(0.007)(0.007)(0.007)(0.007)(0.007)
R-squared0.00540.00580.02460.06270.0857
Panel B. 2SLS estimates
Consultant meeting0.138***0.135***0.115***0.099***0.115***
(0.011)(0.012)(0.012)(0.016)(0.018)
Panel C. First-stage estimates
Consultant availability0.0796***0.0781***0.0955***0.0893***0.0892***
(0.004)(0.004)(0.004)(0.003)(0.004)
F-statistic (excluded instrument)337.2314.2719.6682.1475.4
R-squared0.06110.06220.14080.21290.2203
Panel D. Reduced-form estimates
Consultant availability0.011***0.011***0.011***0.009***0.010***
(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.002)
R-squared0.00320.00350.02220.06050.0837
Text message dummyNYYYY
Individual × weekday FEsNNYYY
Individual × week FEsNNNYY
Date × capsule dummiesNNNNY
Number of weeks1414141414
Week days77777
Number of capsules2828282828
Number of subjects166166166166166
Observations455,504455,504455,504455,504455,504
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Panel A. OLS estimates
Consultant meeting0.0445***0.0437***0.0431***0.0371***0.0363***
(0.007)(0.007)(0.007)(0.007)(0.007)
R-squared0.00540.00580.02460.06270.0857
Panel B. 2SLS estimates
Consultant meeting0.138***0.135***0.115***0.099***0.115***
(0.011)(0.012)(0.012)(0.016)(0.018)
Panel C. First-stage estimates
Consultant availability0.0796***0.0781***0.0955***0.0893***0.0892***
(0.004)(0.004)(0.004)(0.003)(0.004)
F-statistic (excluded instrument)337.2314.2719.6682.1475.4
R-squared0.06110.06220.14080.21290.2203
Panel D. Reduced-form estimates
Consultant availability0.011***0.011***0.011***0.009***0.010***
(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.002)
R-squared0.00320.00350.02220.06050.0837
Text message dummyNYYYY
Individual × weekday FEsNNYYY
Individual × week FEsNNNYY
Date × capsule dummiesNNNNY
Number of weeks1414141414
Week days77777
Number of capsules2828282828
Number of subjects166166166166166
Observations455,504455,504455,504455,504455,504

Source: Data on video capsule completion come from the log file of the mobile app. The dates of the business consulting meetings and the calendar availability of consultants come from the log books kept by the consultants.

Note: This table presents the impact of holding a business consulting meeting on the probability of watching a video capsule on the same date for the training subjects in the treatment group. Each observation is a trainee × capsule × date triplet. Panel A presents the ordinary least squares (OLS) regression estimates, while panel B shows the second-stage estimates from the instrumental variables (IV) strategy, calculated via two stage least squares (2SLS). The first-stage and reduced-form estimates from the IV strategy are reported in panels C and D, respectively. The dependent variable is an indicator of trainee i’s viewership of the video capsule c at date t in panels A, B, and D, while an indicator for the event that trainee i holds a consulting meeting at t is the dependent variable in panel C. The “text message dummy” control is an indicator for the event that the consulting company sent a text reminder to encourage video capsule completion to i at t. Standard errors within parentheses are clustered at the store-owner level and are robust to heteroskedasticity of unknown form. *** Significant at 1 percent. ** Significant at 5 percent. * Significant at 10 percent.

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