Table 8 Impact of Yigong-daizhen project on migrant (hypothesis tests on productivity improvement and cost reduction)
From: Do public work schemes deter or encourage outmigration? Empirical evidence from China
| Dependent variable: number of migrant labor (person) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLS (1) | OLS (2) | OLS (3) | OLS (4) | |
| Panel A: Productivity improvement | ||||
| After *Yigong-daizhen *Productivity improvement | −10.14 | 8.02 | 11.97 | 22.74 |
| (33.85) | (28.18) | (27.89) | (25.92) | |
| Panel B: Cost reduction | ||||
| After *Yigong-daizhen *Costs reduction | 62.20* | 58.17** | 58.41** | 44.19** |
| (32.93) | (28.60) | (28.93) | (27.04) | |
| Control for: | ||||
| Two main effects for Diff-in-Diff | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Village level controls | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Types of project | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Province FE | No | No | No | Yes |
| N | 4858 | 4858 | 4858 | 4858 |