Convergence in public health expenditure across the Sub-Saharan African countries: does club convergence matter?

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Table 3 Convergence club classification

Initial classification logt		Tests of club merging logt								Final classification logt
Club 1 [7]	0.016	Club 1 + 2								Club 1 [12]	−0.004
Club 1 [7]	(0.321)	0.015									(−0.087)
Club 2 [3]	0.046	(0.320)	Club 2 + 3
Club 2 [3]	(1.021)		0.039
Club 3 [2]	1.971		(0.882)	Club 3 + 4
Club 3 [2]	(11.532)			−0.039
Club 4 [4]	0.199			(−0.990)	Club 4 + 5					Club 2 [14]	0.011
Club 4 [4]	(2.975)				0.212						(0.158)
Club 5 [7]	0.630				(2.351)	Club 5 + 6
Club 5 [7]	(4.904)					0.182
Club 6 [3]	0.161					(2.552)	Club 6 + 7
Club 6 [3]	(2.184)						0.097
Club 7 [6]	0.206						(1.159)	Club 7 + 8		Club 3 [14]	−0.021
Club 7 [6]	(1.757)							−0.021			(−0.192)
Club 8 [8]	0.219							(−0.192)	Club 8 + 9
Club 8 [8]	(1.365)								−1.326^a
Group1 [4]	−1.733^a								(− 174.920)	Group1 [4]	−1.733^a
Group1 [4]	(− 665.6)										(−665.59)

^a Rejection of the null hypothesis of convergence at the 5% level. The number of club members is reported in brackets. The \( {\hat{t}}_b \) statistics are in parenthesis and under the associated coefficient \( \hat{b} \) of logt

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