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Table 5 Average budget shares: gender‐specific

From: Remittances, expenditure patterns, and gender: parametric and semiparametric evidence from Ecuador

 

Parametric SY method

Semiparametric KS method

 

Food

Housing

Health

Education

Food

Housing

Health

Education

Female headed households

NR

60.93%

12.43%

1.71%

3.51%

61.02%

12.43%

1.51%

3.82%

RR

28.64%

43.95%

9.30%

7.95%

28.34%

43.94%

10.36%

6.99%

ATE

‐32.28%

31.53%

7.59%

4.44%

‐32.68%

31.51%

8.85%

3.16%

Male headed households

NR

52.47%

11.23%

1.13%

3.34%

52.28%

11.22%

1.41%

3.08%

RR

43.92%

39.90%

10.88%

5.41%

44.45%

39.91%

9.99%

6.41%

ATE

‐8.55%

28.67%

9.75%

2.07%

‐7.83%

28.69%

8.58%

3.33%

  1. Notes: All average budget shares are estimated for household with mean values. NR = non remittance receiving households, RR = remittance receiving households, ATE = average treatment effect.