IZA Journal of Labor & Development

Table 3 Change from 2001–2002 for panel sample

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

	Participants				Applicants				Difference
	2001	2002			2001	2002			(part. - appl.)
	Mean	Mean	Change	T-stat	Mean	Mean	Change	T-stat	Change	T-stat
Outcomes of interest (2001)
Works	0.011	0.011	0	0	0.008	0.025	0.017	1.67	−0.017	1.96**
Attends school	0.985	0.969	−0.016	2.32	0.983	0.945	−0.037	2.95	0.022	1.51
Attributes of children (2001)
Male	0.514	0.514	0	0	0.500	0.500	0	0	0.000	0.00
Age	10.86	11.89	1.03	2.54	10.90	11.92	1.02	0.75	0.010	0.40
Attributes of the household (2001)
Lives in a shantytown	0.051	0.052	0.001	0.16	0.063	0.054	−0.008	0.68	0.009	0.61
Bathroom	0.885	0.898	0.013	0.93	0.908	0.862	−0.046	1.76	0.059	2.02**
Rooms per person	0.435	0.432	−0.003	0.41	0.501	0.479	−0.022	1.48	0.018	1.06
Number of children <18 in hhld	4.212	4.205	−0.007	0.19	3.996	3.866	−0.130	2.14	0.123	1.74*
Single household head	0.082	0.090	0.008	1.23	0.079	0.075	−0.004	0.37	0.012	0.39
Married household head	0.447	0.434	−0.013	1.84	0.487	0.474	−0.013	1.44	−0.001	0.06
Household size	7.093	7.132	0.039	0.81	6.766	6.707	−0.059	0.69	0.098	1.00
Number of observations	504	504			164	164

*Significant at 10%; **Significant at 5%; ***Significant at 1%. Note: test of age is a test of whether age increases by 1 year. Sample is households with children age 10–14 in which at least one adult who has applied to Jefas. Data from Oct. 2002 and Oct. 2002 EPH. All estimates are weighted by household size. Bolded text is used to signify impact estimates for primary outcomes.

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