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Table 5 First-stage/remittance equation estimates, children aged 7–13

From: Remittances and child labor in Bolivia

 

(1)

(2)

 

2SLS

Bivariate probit

Age

0.0008

0.0101

 

(0.002)

(0.0146)

Male

0.0144

0.0980

 

(0.0101)

(0.0710)

Household income per capita

−2.25e−6

−3.8e−5

 

(8.18e−6)

(4.75e−5)

Poverty indicator

−0.0275*

−0.1947*

 

(0.0121)

(0.0772)

Rural

0.0021

0.0191

 

(0.012)

(0.0835)

HH age

0.0029***

0.0166***

 

(0.0005)

(0.0024)

HH female

0.073***

0.4038***

 

(0.0135)

(0.0697)

HH married

−0.0168

−0.0870

 

(0.009)

(0.0645)

Max education

0.0003

0.0042

 

(0.0014)

(0.0095)

Children 0–5

0.009

0.0435

 

(0.005)

(0.0355)

Boys 6–17

−0.0002

0.0026

 

(0.004)

(0.0321)

Girls 6–17

0.0108*

0.0804*

 

(0.0049)

(0.0323)

Spanish first language

−0.0074

−0.0321

 

(0.0122)

(0.0943)

Wealth index

−0.0167***

−0.1085*

 

(0.0057)

(0.0462)

Share of households receiving remittances

0.9064***

6.3666***

 

(0.1429)

(1.0362)

Share*wealth

0.2849***

1.7559***

 

(0.0624)

(0.4513)

Constant

−0.1388***

−2.9277***

 

(0.0375)

(0.2568)

ρ 12

 

0.5451**

  

(0.1960)

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