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Table 10 First-stage/remittance equation estimates, children age 7–13

From: Remittances and child labor in Bolivia

 

(3)

(2)

(4)

 

2SLS

IV Tobit

Bivariate Tobit

Age

0.0045

0.0047

0.1089

 

(0.013)

(0.0128)

(0.1495)

Male

0.0768

0.0780

0.9443

 

(0.0629)

(0.0629)

(0.7264)

Household income per capita

0.00004

0.00003

−0.0002

 

(0.00006)

(0.0001)

(0.0005)

Poverty indicator

−0.2270***

−0.2275**

−2.2450**

 

(0.0778)

(0.0778)

(0.7891)

Rural

0.0092

0.0116

0.2004

 

(0.0738)

(0.0739)

(0.8560)

HH age

0.0158***

0.0159***

0.1643***

 

(0.0158)

(0.0030)

(0.0235)

HH female

0.5226***

0.5240***

4.3580***

 

(0.0900)

(0.0899)

(0.6994)

HH married

−0.0853

−0.0841

−0.8552

 

(0.0568)

(0.0568)

(0.6570)

Max education

0.0036

0.0044

0.0429

 

(0.0088)

(0.0087)

(0.0951)

Children 0–5

0.0540

0.0533

0.4179

 

(0.0304)

(0.0303)

(0.3613)

Boys 6–17

0.0177

0.0160

0.1049

 

(0.028)

(0.0279)

(0.3314)

Girls 6–17

0.0836***

0.0830**

0.8643**

 

(0.031)

(0.0309)

(0.3315)

Spanish first language

−0.0620

−0.0435

−0.4457

 

(0.0694)

(0.0678)

(0.9720)

Wealth index

−0.1283***

−0.0996**

−1.2015*

 

(0.0361)

(0.0348)

(0.4819)

Share of households receiving remittances

6.041***

6.4682***

66.4583***

 

(0.9084)

(0.8758)

(10.9832)

Share*wealth

2.102***

1.7666***

19.1313***

 

(0.413)

(0.3816)

(4.6627)

Constant

−0.8671***

−0.9342***

−30.2639***

 

(0.234)

(0.2300)

(2.5959)

ρ 12

  

0.3381**

   

(0.1118)

Hansen’s J statistic

2.369

  

p value

0.1238

  
  1. Robust standard errors in parentheses
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001