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Table 2 Descriptive Statistics (according to temporal distance between pay and reference week)

From: Do benefit recipients change their labor supply after receiving the cash transfer? Evidence from the Peruvian Juntos program

 

Temporal distance between pay and reference week

Variable

At least two weeks before

One week before

During the reference week

At least one week after

Age

43.53

41.70

42.53

42.27

 

(12.16)

(10.60)

(12.29)

(11.68)

Male

0.47

0.48

0.46

0.46

 

(0.50)

(0.50)

(0.50)

(0.50)

Education level: No education

0.19

0.18

0.17

0.19

 

(0.39)

(0.39)

(0.38)

(0.39)

Education level: Primary

0.60

0.67

0.64

0.63

 

(0.49)

(0.47)

(0.48)

(0.48)

Education level: Secondary

0.21

0.14

0.18

0.17

 

(0.40)

(0.34)

(0.38)

(0.37)

Education level: Tertiary

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

 

(0.11)

(0.12)

(0.11)

(0.11)

Mother tongue: Spanish

0.30

0.28

0.33

0.27

 

(0.46)

(0.45)

(0.47)

(0.44)

Mother tongue: Quechua

0.61

0.71

0.62

0.68

 

(0.49)

(0.46)

(0.49)

(0.46)

Mother tongue: Other

0.09

0.01

0.05

0.05

 

(0.28)

(0.09)

(0.22)

(0.22)

Poverty condition: Extremely poor

0.40

0.47

0.43

0.47

 

(0.49)

(0.50)

(0.50)

(0.50)

Poverty condition: Poor

0.37

0.39

0.36

0.35

 

(0.48)

(0.49)

(0.48)

(0.48)

Poverty condition: Non poor

0.22

0.14

0.21

0.18

 

(0.42)

(0.35)

(0.41)

(0.39)

Lives in rural area

0.90

0.77

0.83

0.86

 

(0.30)

(0.42)

(0.37)

(0.35)

In labor force

0.95

0.93

0.93

0.95

 

(0.21)

(0.25)

(0.26)

(0.22)

Weekly hours worked

30.66

29.25

30.19

31.77

 

(15.68)

(15.91)

(17.97)

(16.22)

Worked for paid activities

0.55

0.58

0.53

0.55

 

(0.50)

(0.49)

(0.50)

(0.50)

Observations

563

425

442

565