From: Impact of informal institutions on youth agribusiness participation in Southern Benin
Mean (standard deviation) | Difference: column (3)–(2) | Propensity score estimation: logit model | |||
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Full sample | Treated | Control | |||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
Outcome variable | |||||
Participation in the agribusiness sector (1 = yes) | 0.338 (0.021) | 0.545 (0.031) | 0.110 (0.020) | 0.435*** (0.038) | |
Covariates | |||||
Age (Continuous) | 26.644 (0.213) | 29.79 (0.290) | 26.47 (0.314) | 0.321 (0.427) | − 0.025 (0.029) |
Gender (1 = male) | 0.652 (0.021) | 0.709 (0.028) | 0.590 (0.032) | 0.118*** (0.039) | 0.625** (0.256) |
Marital status (1 = married) | 0.546 (0.022) | 0.561 (0.031) | 0.528 (0.033) | 0.033 (0.045) | − 0.088 (0.263) |
Location (1 = urban) | 0.753 (0.019) | 0.709 (0.028) | 0.801 (0.026) | − 0.092*** (0.045) | − 0.631** (0.272) |
Education (ordinal) | 3.684 (0.072) | 3.478 (0.099) | 3.911 (0.103) | − 0.433*** (0.143) | − 0.230*** (0.078) |
Father’s educational level (ordinal) | 2.351 (0.068) | 2.260 (0.095) | 2.450 (0.098) | − 0.190* (0.136) | − 0.018 (0.083) |
Father’s income (interval) | 3.175 (0.058) | 3.171 (0.077) | 3.179 (0.087) | − 0.008 (0.116) | 0.141 (0.110) |
Income (interval) | 2.541 (0.042) | 2.617 (0.056) | 2.458 (0.064) | 0.159** (0.085) | 0.316** (0.131) |
Formal institutions (1 = good judiciary system) | 0.427 (0.023) | 0.497 (0.033) | 0.348 (0.033) | 0.149*** (0.047) | 0.608*** (0.222) |