IZA Journal of Labor & Development

Table 7 Propensity-matched difference-in-differences estimate of the average impact of participation on work and school attendance using the longitudinal sample

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

	Participants	Weighted controls	Difference
		Weighted controls	(Participants - Controls)
	2001-2002	2001-2002	D-D	T-stat
	Change	Change	Estimate	T-stat
Works	0.001	0.009	−0.008	1.16
Attends school	−0.017	−0.035	0.018	0.91
Male child	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.00
Child’s age	1.024	1.048	−0.024	0.50
Lives in a shantytown	−0.003	0.003	−0.006	0.30
Bathroom	0.008	−0.035	0.043	1.59
Rooms per person	0.435	0.439	−0.004	−0.23
Number of children <18 in hhld	4.212	4.042	0.170	0.91
Household head is single	0.074	0.070	0.004	0.25
Household head is married	0.471	0.484	−0.013	−0.29
Household size	7.093	6.820	0.273	1.12
Number of observations	481	164

Notes: Sample is households with children age 10–14, in which at least one parent has applied to Jefas. Data from EPH. Estimates are weighted by household size. Bolded text is used to signify impact estimates for primary outcomes.

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