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Table 8 Balancing

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

 

Full sample

Matched sample

Gender of the household head

Male

Female

Male

Female

Log(per‐capita expenditures)

6.753

6.831*

6.863

6.815

Log(household size)

1.322

1.037*

1.064

1.064

Prop. of children < 15

0.287

0.261*

0.207

0.218

Prop. of adults >= 15 with prim. educ.

0.454

0.433*

0.427

0.449

Prop. of adults >= 15 with sec. educ.

0.294

0.271*

0.275

0.262

Prop. of adults >= 15 with ter. educ.

0.162

0.162

0.173

0.156

Rural area

1.450

1.365*

1.367

1.367

Remittance receipt (%)

0.134

0.252*

0.207

0.207

  1. Note: The difference between male and female headed households is significant * at 5%.