Research Article

Nonlinear Effect of Urbanization on the Gap between Urban and Rural Elementary Education in China

Table 2

Nonlinearity test of the PSTR model.

Null hypothesis and alternative hypothesisStatisticsNumber of location parameters
m = 1m = 2

H 0: r = 0 vs H1: r ≥ 0Wald test (LM)33.641[0.000]47.961[0.000]
Fisher test (LMF)6.700[0.000]4.918[0.000]
LRT test (LRT)35.318[0.000]51.471[0.000]