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Table 4 Estimation results of propensity to work, children aged 7–13

From: Remittances and child labor in Bolivia

 

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(2)

(3)

(4)

 

OLS

2SLS

Probit

Bivariate probit

Remittance indicator

0.0028

−0.6828***

0.00003

−0.9281***

 

(0.0181)

(0.1718)

(0.0891)

(0.2780)

Age

0.0272***

0.0276***

0.1288***

0.1243***

 

(0.0028)

(0.0031)

(0.0130)

(0.0130)

Male

0.0331*

0.0419**

0.1302*

0.1373*

 

(0.0144)

(0.0162)

(0.0624)

(0.0611)

Household income per capita

0.00002*

0.000002

0.0001*

0.0001*

 

(0.0000)

(0.0000)

(0.0000)

(0.0000)

Poverty indicator

0.0105

−0.0062

0.0024

−0.0289

 

(0.0152)

(0.0179)

(0.0698)

(0.0692)

Rural

0.2506***

0.2558***

0.9312***

0.8955***

 

(0.0182)

(0.0202)

(0.0650)

(0.0677)

HH age

0.0002

0.0022**

−0.0003

0.0027

 

(0.0005)

(0.0008)

(0.0023)

(0.0024)

HH female

−0.0012

0.0511*

0.0073

0.0889

 

(0.0156)

(0.0214)

(0.0720)

(0.0751)

HH married

0.0347**

0.0219

0.1362*

0.1098*

 

(0.0127)

(0.0143)

(0.0566)

(0.0555)

Max education

−0.0014

−0.0016

−0.0166

−0.0163*

 

(0.0018)

(0.0021)

(0.0085)

(0.0083)

Children 0–5

−0.0026

0.0043

−0.0085

0.0037

 

(0.0076)

(0.0084)

(0.0309)

(0.0305)

Boys 6–17

0.0048

0.0054

0.0330

0.0341

 

(0.0074)

(0.0081)

(0.0290)

(0.0284)

Girls 6–17

0.0193**

0.0267***

0.0944***

0.1023***

 

(0.0066)

(0.0076)

(0.0276)

(0.0271)

Spanish first language

−0.2813***

−0.2908***

−0.7366***

−0.7313***

 

(0.0232)

(0.0247)

(0.0702)

(0.0699)

Wealth index

−0.0215***

−0.0129*

−0.0889***

−0.0735***

 

(0.0041)

(0.0051)

(0.0176)

(0.0184)

Constant

0.0113

−0.0196

−2.1979***

−2.1552***

 

(0.0502)

(0.0558)

(0.2114)

(0.2103)

Number

5351

5351

5351

5351

F

120.47

102.64

  

χ 2

  

1148.50

1512.71

Hansen’s J statistic

 

0.7816

  

p value

 

0.3767

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