Can public works programs mitigate the impact of crises in Europe? The case of Latvia

Azam, Mehtabul; Ferré, Céline; Ajwad, Mohamed Ihsan

doi:10.1186/2193-9012-2-10

IZA Journal of European Labor Studies

Table 6 Balancing tests: difference in ex-ante variables after matching

From: Can public works programs mitigate the impact of crises in Europe? The case of Latvia

Panel A
	Mean			% reduction	Treatment = Control
Variable	Treated	Control	% SB	\|SB\|	t	p > t
Age 18-24	0.095	0.104	−3.0	82.2	−0.62	0.53
Age 25-29	0.065	0.071	−2.3	67.5	−0.45	0.66
Age 30-39	0.175	0.169	1.7	83.9	0.32	0.75
Male	0.385	0.392	−1.4	92.2	−0.26	0.80
Household head	0.684	0.675	2.0	−303.8	0.38	0.70
Spouse of household head	0.199	0.196	0.8	94.1	0.14	0.89
Single	0.195	0.201	−1.5	89.6	−0.29	0.77
Married	0.328	0.333	−1.0	74.9	−0.18	0.86
Share of members in age 0-5	5.066	5.322	−2.0	82.8	−0.41	0.68
Share of members in age 6-17	10.637	10.691	−0.3	−1543.1	−0.06	0.96
Share of members in age 1864	78.533	78.316	0.9	82.4	0.17	0.87
Household size	2.873	2.909	−2.4	−1077.0	−0.44	0.66
Unemployed 12 months ago	0.440	0.445	−1.1	78.5	−0.22	0.83
Secondary education	0.309	0.306	0.7	89.4	0.12	0.90
Secondary profession	0.389	0.388	0.4	−184.8	0.07	0.95
Higher education	0.051	0.054	−0.9	91.3	−0.18	0.86
Own a flat	0.344	0.358	−3.0	32.6	−0.57	0.57
Own a house	0.150	0.139	3.4	80.0	0.59	0.55
House is owned by state	0.241	0.233	1.8	58.2	0.34	0.74
House is owned by private entity	0.134	0.136	−0.6	96.1	−0.11	0.91
Have other Dwelling in other parts of Latvia	0.082	0.085	−1.0	69.6	−0.18	0.85
House have 1 room	0.229	0.222	1.8	−113.4	0.34	0.73
3 room	0.416	0.420	−0.9	−952.1	−0.17	0.87
4 room	0.227	0.239	−2.8	49.4	−0.53	0.60
Detached/semi-detached House	0.419	0.431	−2.6	34.3	−0.49	0.63
Flat in apartment	0.025	0.025	−0.3	−57.6	−0.05	0.96
Wooden wall	0.200	0.203	−0.6	−417.3	−0.11	0.91
concrete wall	0.229	0.239	−2.2	62.8	−0.41	0.68
region==Latgale	0.111	0.118	−2.0	82.5	−0.39	0.70
region==Riga	0.188	0.188	−0.1	99.7	−0.01	0.99
region==Vidzemes	0.238	0.232	1.3	91.1	0.25	0.81
region==Zemgales	0.168	0.174	−1.5	−226.8	−0.29	0.77
Panel B
Sample	Pseudo R2	LR chi2	p > chi2
Unmatched	0.042	85.8	0.0
Matched	0.001	2.97	1.0

Note: Standardized bias (SB) for each variable is defined as the difference of sample means in the treated and control subsamples as a percentage of the square root of the average of sample variances in both groups. Reduction in bias refers to the percentage reduction in bias after matching.

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