Table 7 Mechanism: the cash transfer amounts.

From: Social assistance and non-agriculture employment in rural China: evidence from the Rural Minimum Living Security (Rural Dibao)

 

Less cash transfer

More cash transfer

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

 

Non-agriculture employment

Number of non-agriculture jobs

Non-agriculture employment

Number of non-agriculture jobs

Dibao*Y2017

0.121***

0.147***

0.058

0.087*

(0.036)

(0.045)

(0.036)

(0.046)

Dibao

−0.117***

−0.123***

−0.115***

−0.118***

 

(0.020)

(0.024)

(0.020)

(0.023)

Y2017

0.071***

0.079***

0.073***

0.081***

 

(0.007)

(0.008)

(0.007)

(0.008)

N

45,012

43,575

44,915

43,486

R2

0.148

0.132

0.139

0.118

  1. Standard errors clustered at the province level.Control for age, gender, marriage, education, health, minor dependency ratio, and elderly dependency ratio.
  2. *p < 0.1,**p < 0.05,***p < 0.01.
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