Table 4 Quantile regression results for the price equation

Infrastructure Quality Score

0.218

0.327**

0.111

0.075

− 0.058

(0.150)

(0.150)

(0.143)

(0.122)

(0.126)

Curriculum and Materials Quality Score

− 0.005

− 0.097

− 0.033

− 0.029

0.008

(0.094)

(0.071)

(0.043)

(0.038)

(0.027)

HR Quality Score

0.055

0.041

− 0.027

− 0.062

− 0.027

(0.106)

(0.114)

(0.053)

(0.040)

(0.032)

Center is accredited by MoNE

0.023

0.222*

0.289***

0.268***

0.321***

(0.126)

(0.119)

(0.095)

(0.089)

(0.114)

Age of the center

− 0.018

− 0.003

0.001

− 0.003

0.000

(0.016)

(0.015)

(0.006)

(0.006)

(0.006)

Total enrollment in a school

− 0.003

− 0.000

− 0.001

− 0.001

− 0.002*

(0.002)

(0.002)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

Number of hours the center is open on a Monday

0.050

0.061

0.036

0.026

− 0.011

(0.060)

(0.045)

(0.031)

(0.023)

(0.031)

Center provides service for extended hours

0.246

0.173

0.110

0.091

0.081

(0.251)

(0.265)

(0.272)

(0.234)

(0.193)

Number of weeks the center operates in a year

− 0.003

0.000

0.015**

0.000

− 0.005

(0.010)

(0.010)

(0.008)

(0.008)

(0.006)

Center provides free transportation

− 0.061

− 0.086

− 0.103

− 0.175*

− 0.266***

(0.153)

(0.146)

(0.113)

(0.100)

(0.092)

High neighborhood welfare

0.666**

0.577**

0.665*

0.747**

0.847

(0.268)

(0.256)

(0.361)

(0.296)

(0.588)

Medium neighborhood welfare

0.300

0.154

0.082

0.230

0.476

(0.229)

(0.241)

(0.356)

(0.306)

(0.593)

Constant

5.497***

5.263***

5.128***

6.005***

6.589***

(0.850)

(0.621)

(0.566)

(0.485)

(0.778)

Number of observations

173

173

173

173

173

Pseudo-R²

0.300

0.201

0.277

0.383

0.321