Heterogeneous effects of language literacy on the welfare of women in trade
| Full sample | English sample | French sample | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
| First stage | ||||||
| Mother's education | 0.00381*** | 0.00155*** | 0.0647*** | 0.07552*** | 0.000125*** | 0.000524** |
| (0.0007626) | (0.000450) | (0.00365) | (0.00668) | (0.0000401) | (0.000215) | |
| Controls included | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Second stage | ||||||
| Language literate | 2.168 | 0.53** | ||||
| (4.081) | (0.2288) | |||||
| English literate | 0.128 | 0.345*** | ||||
| (0.240) | (0.11645) | |||||
| French literate | 94.22 | −2.012 | ||||
| (96.72) | (5.095) | |||||
| Age | 0.0492*** | −0.0240 | 0.0532*** | 0.146*** | 0.150 | 0.110*** |
| (0.0132) | (0.0487) | (0.00912) | (0.0192) | (0.0936) | (0.0146) | |
| Square of age | −0.000527*** | 1.19e-05 | −0.000561*** | −0.00148*** | −0.00142* | −0.00119*** |
| (0.000113) | (0.000438) | (8.73e-05) | (0.000177) | (0.000841) | (0.000143) | |
| Log(hours worked) | −0.0297 | 0.288*** | −0.0301 | 0.0493 | −0.0381 | 0.0891* |
| (0.0484) | (0.0836) | (0.0477) | (0.0502) | (0.0451) | (0.0466) | |
| Household head | 1.119*** | 2.396*** | 1.108*** | 1.481*** | 1.268*** | 1.478*** |
| (0.0671) | (0.344) | (0.0650) | (0.0947) | (0.163) | (0.0951) | |
| Household size | 0.0107*** | −0.00121 | 0.0112*** | −0.000728 | 0.0132*** | 0.00456 |
| (0.00217) | (0.00424) | (0.00251) | (0.00355) | (0.00366) | (0.00292) | |
| Married | 0.252*** | 1.075*** | 0.278*** | 0.280*** | 0.253*** | 0.288*** |
| (0.0847) | (0.301) | (0.0593) | (0.0869) | (0.0755) | (0.0971) | |
| Regional dummies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Constant | 2.357*** | 1.752** | 2.271*** | −1.214** | −0.427 | −0.132 |
| (0.350) | (0.759) | (0.261) | (0.525) | (2.584) | (0.372) | |
| Observations | 9,943 | 4,525 | 9,943 | 4,525 | 9,915 | 4,487 |
| R-squared | 0.044 | −2.019 | 0.043 | 0.042 | −1.870 | 0.089 |
| Cragg-Donald F-value | 40.023 | 27.63 | 360.92 | 151.080 | 26.72 | 37.092 |
| Kleibergen-Paap F-value | 24.911 | 20.221 | 314.52 | 127.813 | 19.81 | 25.668 |
| Stock-Yogo critical value (10%) | 16.38 | 16.38 | 16.38 | 16.38 | 16.38 | 16.38 |
| Full sample | English sample | French sample | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
| Mother's education | 0.00381*** | 0.00155*** | 0.0647*** | 0.07552*** | 0.000125*** | 0.000524** |
| (0.0007626) | (0.000450) | (0.00365) | (0.00668) | (0.0000401) | (0.000215) | |
| Controls included | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Language literate | 2.168 | 0.53** | ||||
| (4.081) | (0.2288) | |||||
| English literate | 0.128 | 0.345*** | ||||
| (0.240) | (0.11645) | |||||
| French literate | 94.22 | −2.012 | ||||
| (96.72) | (5.095) | |||||
| Age | 0.0492*** | −0.0240 | 0.0532*** | 0.146*** | 0.150 | 0.110*** |
| (0.0132) | (0.0487) | (0.00912) | (0.0192) | (0.0936) | (0.0146) | |
| Square of age | −0.000527*** | 1.19e-05 | −0.000561*** | −0.00148*** | −0.00142* | −0.00119*** |
| (0.000113) | (0.000438) | (8.73e-05) | (0.000177) | (0.000841) | (0.000143) | |
| Log(hours worked) | −0.0297 | 0.288*** | −0.0301 | 0.0493 | −0.0381 | 0.0891* |
| (0.0484) | (0.0836) | (0.0477) | (0.0502) | (0.0451) | (0.0466) | |
| Household head | 1.119*** | 2.396*** | 1.108*** | 1.481*** | 1.268*** | 1.478*** |
| (0.0671) | (0.344) | (0.0650) | (0.0947) | (0.163) | (0.0951) | |
| Household size | 0.0107*** | −0.00121 | 0.0112*** | −0.000728 | 0.0132*** | 0.00456 |
| (0.00217) | (0.00424) | (0.00251) | (0.00355) | (0.00366) | (0.00292) | |
| Married | 0.252*** | 1.075*** | 0.278*** | 0.280*** | 0.253*** | 0.288*** |
| (0.0847) | (0.301) | (0.0593) | (0.0869) | (0.0755) | (0.0971) | |
| Regional dummies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Constant | 2.357*** | 1.752** | 2.271*** | −1.214** | −0.427 | −0.132 |
| (0.350) | (0.759) | (0.261) | (0.525) | (2.584) | (0.372) | |
| Observations | 9,943 | 4,525 | 9,943 | 4,525 | 9,915 | 4,487 |
| 0.044 | −2.019 | 0.043 | 0.042 | −1.870 | 0.089 | |
| Cragg-Donald | 40.023 | 27.63 | 360.92 | 151.080 | 26.72 | 37.092 |
| Kleibergen-Paap | 24.911 | 20.221 | 314.52 | 127.813 | 19.81 | 25.668 |
| Stock-Yogo critical value (10%) | 16.38 | 16.38 | 16.38 | 16.38 | 16.38 | 16.38 |
Note(s): Robust standard errors in parentheses. ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05 and *p < 0.1
Source(s): Authors' construction based on GLSS 7
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