From: Remittances, expenditure patterns, and gender: parametric and semiparametric evidence from Ecuador
Parametric SY method | ||||
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Food | Housing | Health | Education | |
Log(per‐capita expenditures) | ‐0.123*** | 0.054*** | ‐0.015*** | ‐0.028*** |
(0.011) | (0.014) | (0.003) | (0.010) | |
Log(household size) | ‐0.130*** | 0.042** | 0.002 | 0.010 |
(0.019) | (0.017) | (0.007) | (0.029) | |
Prop. of children < 15 | 0.064 | ‐0.028 | ‐0.023* | 0.037 |
(0.040) | (0.036) | (0.012) | (0.040) | |
Prop. of adults >= 15 with prim. educ. | ‐0.059 | 0.040 | 0.037*** | ‐0.007 |
(0.057) | (0.040) | (0.013) | (0.015) | |
Prop. of adults >= 15 with sec. educ. | ‐0.089 | 0.007 | 0.025* | ‐0.005 |
(0.058) | (0.039) | (0.014) | (0.015) | |
Prop. of adults >= 15 with ter. educ. | ‐0.118* | ‐0.058 | 0.024* | 0.083*** |
(0.061) | (0.045) | (0.013) | (0.029) | |
Rural area | ‐0.131*** | 0.060*** | ‐0.001 | ‐0.004 |
(0.019) | (0.019) | (0.006) | (0.006) | |
Male receiver | ‐0.010 | ‐0.026 | ‐0.001 | ‐0.020** |
(0.022) | (0.020) | (0.009) | (0.008) | |
Male migrant | ‐0.002 | ‐0.002 | 0.004 | ‐0.014* |
(0.018) | (0.017) | (0.007) | (0.008) | |
Selection term I | 0.072 | 0.034 | ||
(0.051) | (0.052) | |||
Constant | 1.681*** | ‐0.270** | 0.115*** | 0.236* |
(0.103) | (0.120) | (0.032) | (0.136) | |
R‐squared | 0.245 | 0.070 | 0.273 | 0.463 |
N | 616 | 616 | 616 | 616 |