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Table 7 Robustness Check: Other Poverty Status Measurement

From: Escaping from poverty trap: a choice between government transfer payments and public services

Variable

Poverty = poverty_50

Poverty = poverty_10

Poverty = no television

H_income

Poverty

H_income

Poverty

H_income

Poverty

Panel A

H_income

 

−0.0037c (−9.88)

 

−1.55e-04a (−1.95)

 

−1.38e-04b (−2.09)

GTP

 

0.0108c (4.08)

 

0.002c (3.2)

 

0.025c (12.41)

PTP

 

−0.035c (−12.53)

 

−0.014c (−8.73)

 

−0.017c (−8.14)

Insurance

1023.85c (10.13)

−0.0381c (−4.49)

1032.29c (10.2)

−0.0274c (−5.55)

1063.08c (10.51)

−0.05879c (−9.59)

Water

262.22c (2.67)

−0.0283c (−3.12)

273.72b (2.79)

−0.01715c (−3.26)

281.53c (2.87)

−0.1067c (−16.14)

Toilet

1245.10c (11.57)

−0.0194b (−1.84)

1266.67c (11.72)

−0.00915 (−1.49)

1325.84c (12.33)

−0.1341c (−17.04)

Hygiene

327.84c (3.06)

−0.0507c (−5.88)

332.09c (3.1)

−0.0274c (−5.45)

332.38c (3.1)

−0.0572c (−9.24)

Controls

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Year

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

County

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Chi2()

7587.86c

2013.96c

7576.25c

777.65c

7649.84c

16897.42c

obs

30628

30628

30628

30628

30628

30628

Panle B

Mechanisms

Crowd-out Effect

−0.5943c (−9.18)

−0.7250c (−7.28)

5.7516c (4.69)

Inductive Effect

−2.9593c (−33.11)

−9.7151c (−28.22)

−2.2881c (−112.32)

  1. Note: aSignificantly at 10% level.bSignificantly at 5% level.cSignificantly at 1% level