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initial inequality of 1992-93. In general, the results in column (1) and (2) provide
unequivocal support to the view that investments in post-primary school system do not
produce pro poor effects in high inequality districts. The initial level of Gini inequality
has
Table 5‐7: Post‐primary school system and poverty under different inequality regimes
Probit regressions (average
marginal effects)
Explanatory variables
Gini index Starting Gini of
1992–93
(1) (2)
Principal component post‐primary school index× low inequality ‐0.008 ‐0.017***
(‐1.27)
(‐2.65)
Principal component post‐ primary school index× medium inequality ‐0.009** ‐0.005**
(‐2.33)
(‐2.39)
Principal component post‐primary school Index× high inequality ‐0.008
‐0.012
(‐1.25)
(‐0.93)
Lowly educated head, 1–5 years (yes=1, no=0) ‐0.093*** ‐0.093***
(‐11.66) (‐11.58)
Medium educated head, 6–10 years (yes=1, no=0) ‐0.159*** ‐0.158***
(‐18.53) (‐18.54)
Highly educated head, 11 years or more (yes=1, no=0) ‐0.251*** ‐0.251***
(‐20.54) (‐20.46)
Medium sized household, 4–8 members (yes=1, no=0) 0.348*** 0.349***
(31.89) (31.94)
Large sized household, 9 or more members (yes=1, no=0) 0.575*** 0.575***
(39.61) (39.15)
Household has subsistence landholding, 1–12.5 acres (yes=1, no=0) ‐0.098*** ‐0.099***
(‐7.93)
(‐8.04)
Household has economical landholding, 12.6–25 acres (yes=1, no=0) ‐0.149*** ‐0.150***
(‐7.2)
(‐7.31)
Household has large landholding, more than 26 acres (yes=1, no=0) ‐0.187*** ‐0.188***
(‐5.65)
(‐5.71)
Livestock owned (yes=1, no=0) ‐0.042*** ‐0.042***
(‐3.67)
(‐3.69)
Farm equipment owned (yes=1, no=0) ‐0.100*** ‐0.101***
(‐3.03)
(‐2.91)
Financial assets owned by household (Rs. million) ‐1.782*** ‐1.784***
(‐5.79)
(‐5.77)
Age ‐0.001*** ‐0.001***
(‐11.29) (‐11.28)
Male (yes=1, no=0) ‐0.007*** ‐0.007***
(‐3.5)
(‐3.48)
Days worked during last month ‐0.0001
‐0.0001
(‐0.35)
(‐0.36)
12 sector and employment status dummies Yes Yes
Individual level controls included Yes Yes
District level controls included No No
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