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

IZA Journal of Labor & Development

Table 6 Propensity-matched estimate of the average impact of participation on work and school attendance

	Participants	Weighted controls	Difference
		Weighted controls	(Treatment - Control)
	Mean	Mean	Diff	t-stat
Works	0.007	0.013	−0.006	1.11
Attends school	0.968	0.948	0.020	1.76**
Male child	0.511	0.521	−0.012	0.40
Child's age	11.892	11.854	0.015	0.35
Applicant's age	37.111	37.833	−0.722	0.82
Applicant is female	0.316	0.306	0.010	0.05
Applicant is household head	0.478	0.500	−0.022	0.68
Number of applicants in household	1.189	1.190	−0.001	0.22
Lives in a shantytown	0.059	0.061	−0.002	0.30
Rooms per person	0.437	0.458	−0.021	0.46
Household head is married	0.449	0.448	0.002	0.92
Household head is single	0.083	0.103	−0.008	0.39
Number of observations	1,130	399

*Significant at 10%; **Significant at 5%; ***Significant at 1%. Notes: Sample is households with children age 10–14, in which at least one adult has applied to Jefas. Data from Oct. 2002 EPH. Estimates are weighted by household size.