From: Remittances, expenditure patterns, and gender: parametric and semiparametric evidence from Ecuador
Full sample | Matched sample | |||
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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 |