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Table 4 Effect of mother’s work status on child’s school enrolment

From: Female labor force participation and child education in India: evidence from the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

Variable

Enrolment

OLS-FE

2SLS-FE

(1)

(2)

Mother is working

−0.009

0.472***

 

(0.017)

(0.138)

Annual household income in thousands (Rs.)

0.0002

0.003**

 

(0.0001)

(0.002)

Age 5 in 2007 × time

0.539***

0.898***

 

(0.116)

(0.177)

Age 6 in 2007 × time

0.308***

0.661***

 

(0.119)

(0.183)

Age 7 in 2007 × time

0.168

0.512***

 

(0.116)

(0.177)

Age 8 in 2007 × time

0.136

0.522***

 

(0.117)

(0.183)

Age 9 in 2007 × time

0.102

0.457***

 

(0.115)

(0.174)

Age 10 in 2007 × time

0.096

0.467***

 

(0.114)

(0.178)

Age 11 in 2007 × time

0.063

0.431**

 

(0.116)

(0.178)

Age 12 in 2007 × time

0.046

0.433**

 

(0.113)

(0.179)

Age 13 in 2007 × time

−0.036

0.312*

 

(0.123)

(0.184)

Age 14 in 2007 × time

−0.004

0.382**

 

(0.118)

(0.185)

Female child × time

−0.010

−0.023

 

(0.014)

(0.018)

Household size

−0.017**

−0.031**

 

(0.008)

(0.012)

Number of males in the age group 16–60

0.0001

0.006

 

(0.015)

(0.019)

Average age of household members

0.004**

0.006**

 

(0.002)

(0.003)

Land owned (acres) by household in 2007 × time

−0.001

0.000

 

(0.002)

(0.004)

Household’s asset (index) in 2007 × time

0.013***

0.011

 

(0.005)

(0.008)

Mandal level total night lights in 2006 × time

0.00004*

0.00001

 

(0.00002)

(0.00003)

NREGS phase 1 district × time

−0.033*

0.074*

 

(0.019)

(0.042)

Baseline enrolment rate in the district × time

−0.230*

−0.720***

 

(0.126)

(0.208)

Child fixed effects

Yes

Yes

Observations

6550

6550

Number of children

3275

3275

R-squared

0.249

 

Weak identification stat (Kleibergen-Paap rk Wald F)

 

7.750

Stock-Yogo weak identification test critical values

 

6.40 (20 %)

Over-identification stat (Hansen J)

 

1.439

Over-identification p value

 

0.230

  1. Notes: Robust standard errors clustered at the child level in parentheses. Significant at *10, **5, and ***1 %