Table 1 Descriptive statistics at the household level (sample I)
From: Migrating out of a crowded labor market: evidence from Egypt
Migrant households | Non-migrant households | Difference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Male-headed household | 83.3% | 82.8% | ||
Household size | 5.7 | 4.8 | *** | |
Urban | 30.2% | 48.3% | *** | |
Years of schooling (household head) | 6.6 | 6.9 | ||
Wealth score | −0.016 | −0.026 | ||
Dependency ratio | 0.7 | 0.7 | ||
Share of members working in the formal sector | 0.12 | 0.15 | *** | |
Network (migration prevalence, | 0.06 | 0.03 | *** | |
district-level) | ||||
Number of observations | 464 | 9 807 | ||
1998 | 124 | 3,527 | ||
2006 | 340 | 6,280 |