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Table 2 Post-program descriptive statistics

From: The effect of public employment on children’s work and school attendance: evidence from a social protection program in Argentina

 

    Participants

Applicants

Difference

     

(part. - appl.)

 

Mean

St.err.

Mean

St.err.

Value

T-stat

Outcomes of interest

      

Child works

0.009

(0.002)

0.020

(0.006)

−0.011

[1.99]**

Child attends school

0.967

(0.004)

0.952

(0.009)

0.015

[1.64]

Attributes of children

      

Male

0.511

(0.012)

0.517

(0.021)

−0.007

[0.29]

Age

11.889

(0.031)

11.935

(0.053)

−0.046

[0.76]

Attributes of applicants

      

Applicant age

37.07

(0.237)

36.72

(0.479)

0.352

[0.73]

Applicant is male

0.315

(0.014)

0.393

(0.024)

−0.077

[2.82]***

Applicant is household head

0.481

(0.015)

0.466

(0.025)

0.015

[0.53]

Attributes of the household

      

Lives in a shantytown

0.059

(0.007)

0.065

(0.014)

−0.006

[0.45]

Bathroom

0.902

(0.009)

0.874

(0.017)

0.029

[1.60]

Rooms per person

0.435

(0.007)

0.457

(0.012)

−0.022

[1.58]

Number of children <18 in hhld

4.104

(0.067)

3.897

(0.102)

0.207

[1.62]

Number of applicants in household

1.202

(0.016)

1.160

(0.020)

0.042

[1.44]

Single household head

0.083

(0.008)

0.083

(0.014)

0.000

[0.00]

Married household head

0.448

(0.015)

0.488

(0.025)

−0.040

[1.37]

Household size

6.885

(0.087)

6.542

(0.120)

0.342

[2.10]**

Number of observations

1,136

 

399

   
  1. *Significant at 10%; **Significant at 5%; ***Significant at 1%; Standard errors are in parentheses, and t-statistics are in brackets. Sample is households with children age 10–14 in which at least one adult has applied to Jefas. Data from Oct. 2002 EPH. All estimates are weighted by household size. Bolded text is used to signify impact estimates for primary outcomes.