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Table 15 Employment activity, using 2012 census data

From: Considering the benefits of hosting refugees: evidence of refugee camps influencing local labour market activity and economic welfare in Rwanda

Dependent variable

Wage employment

Self-employment

Base: agriculture

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Camp proximity (< 10 km)

0.01**

0.06***

 

0.01***

0.04***

 

(0.00)

(0.01)

(0.00)

(0.00)

 x Female

  

0.06***

  

0.04***

(0.01)

(0.01)

 x Male

0.07***

0.04***

(0.01)

(0.01)

Controls

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

R 2

0.03

0.21

0.21

0.01

0.06

0.06

Observations

61276

44565

44565

55119

39542

39542

  1. Note: ***p < 0.01, **p < .05, *p < 0.10. Estimates are based on a linear probability model, but robust to maximum likelihood estimation. Standard errors in parentheses are robust. The omission of the main effect ‘Camp proximity (< 10 km)’ in models (3) and (6) represent a reparameterization of a full model, in order to provide the estimates for the comparisons of interest (e.g. females < 10 km vs. females > 20 km). Other covariates controlled for include female, age, married, household head, education at lower secondary level, size of household, share of children (per adult), city distance and the administrative sector