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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of pre-treatment sample (levels in 2005)

From: Evaluating place-based job creation programs in Japan

Variable

Treatment group

Control group

Mean

Std. dev.

Min

Max

Mean

Std. dev.

Min

Max

Workers live ina

9.01

1.10

6.03

11.04

9.40

1.09

5.82

11.44

Workers work inb

8.94

1.12

6.13

11.17

9.33

1.13

5.83

11.46

Population

9.74

1.13

6.56

11.80

10.11

1.10

6.08

12.05

Households

8.69

1.16

5.51

10.90

9.05

1.09

5.22

10.97

Population inflow

6.27

1.26

3.00

8.88

6.57

1.20

2.40

8.60

Population outflow

6.50

1.17

3.37

8.84

6.77

1.13

2.71

8.73

Workers in

 Agriculture

6.82

1.20

0.00

9.13

7.25

1.09

3.22

8.88

 Wholesale, retail trade, and service

8.23

1.20

5.23

10.41

8.61

1.16

4.73

10.57

 Manufacturing

6.83

1.34

2.20

9.23

7.38

1.65

0.00

10.43

 Financial

4.67

1.41

1.10

7.23

5.14

1.30

1.39

7.40

Observations

167

81

  1. Means, standard deviations, maximum values, and minimum values using population census in 2005. All variables are logarithms. Observations of workers in a financial sector are 165 in the treatment group and 79 in the control group
  2. aWorkers who live in the treatment/control municipalities
  3. bWorkers who work in the treatment/control municipalities