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Table 9 Heterogeneous impact of Yigong-daizhen project on migrant (on number of project, labor and capital intensity)

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: One VS. More projects

After *Yigong-daizhen *More than one

50.33***

50.29***

49.14***

51.04***

 

(17.62)

(17.44)

(16.86)

(17.16)

 

Panel B: Labor use: Above average VS. Below average

After *Yigong-daizhen *Labor intensive

50.22**

48.77**

44.44**

50.10**

 

(21.80)

(21.64)

(21.02)

(21.27)

 

Panel C: Capital use: Above average VS. Below average

After *Yigong-daizhen *Capital intensive

1.78

4.21

10.73

8.72

 

(32.25)

(32.39)

(28.89)

(30.68)

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

  1. Notes. ***denotes significant at the level 0.01 level; **denotes significant at the 0.05 level; *denotes significant at the 0.1 level. Robust clustered standard errors at the village level are reported in the parentheses.