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Table 9 Impacts on aggressive behavior and violence

From: Can public works programs reduce youth crime? Evidence from Papua New Guinea’s Urban Youth Employment Project

Variable of interest

Before (mean/sd)

After (mean/sd)

Difference (mean/se)

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

Friends have been involved in fights or robberies (treatments)

0.352

0.225

−0.127***

 

(0.478)

(0.418)

(0.029)

Friends have been involved in fights or robberies (controls)

0.353

0.386

0.032

 

(0.479)

(0.488)

(0.038)

DD

  

−0.159***

   

(0.055)

Used threat or force with somebody (treatments)

0.160

0.077

−0.083***

 

(0.367)

(0.267)

(0.023)

Used threat or force with somebody (controls)

0.108

0.153

0.044

 

(0.312)

(0.360)

(0.024)

DD

  

−0.127***

   

(0.039)

Have been attacked and fought back (treatments)

0.438

0.314

−0.124***

 

(0.497)

(0.465)

(0.032)

Have been attacked and fought back (controls)

0.426

0.450

0.024

 

(0.496)

(0.499)

(0.040)

DD

  

−0.148***

   

(0.057)

Damaged somebody’s property for fun/joke (treatments)

0.086

0.050

−0.036**

 

(0.281)

(0.219)

(0.018)

Damaged somebody’s property for fun/joke (controls)

0.056

0.080

0.024

 

(0.231)

(0.272)

(0.020)

DD

  

−0.060**

   

(0.030)

  1. Note: significance level: ***p < 0.01; **p < 0.05; *p < 0.1. The sample size is 338 for treatments and 249 for controls. Source: authors’ estimates
  2. DD difference-in-differences