Table A1.
Rent hedonics.
| Sao Paulo | Rio de Janeiro | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) All | (2) All | (3) Poorest 20% | Mean for All | (4) All | (5) All | (6) Poorest 20% | Mean for All | |
| Dependent variable: Ln(Rent), 1980 | ||||||||
| Water, central conn., indoor plumbing | 0.389*** (0.021) |
0.352*** (0.027) |
0.89 | 0.413*** (0.022) |
0.353*** (0.026) |
0.91 | ||
| Water, central conn., no indoor plumbing | 0.093*** (0.022) |
0.086*** (0.027) |
0.06 | 0.095*** (0.023) |
0.118*** (0.027) |
0.06 | ||
| Water, well, indoor plumbing | 0.265*** (0.023) |
0.285*** (0.029) |
0.02 | 0.169*** (0.036) |
0.251*** (0.048) |
0.01 | ||
| Water, well, no indoor plumbing | 0.038 (0.023) |
0.031 (0.029) |
0.02 | −0.089*** (0.033) |
0.014 (0.040) |
0.01 | ||
| Central sewer | 0.127*** (0.006) |
0.073*** (0.010) |
0.63 | 0.202*** (0.011) |
0.130*** (0.015) |
0.89 | ||
| Septic system, own house | 0.077*** (0.006) |
0.097*** (0.010) |
0.13 | 0.087*** (0.024) |
−0.022 (0.041) |
0.01 | ||
| Septic system, shared with others | −0.043*** (0.007) |
−0.027** (0.010) |
0.06 | 0.004 (0.036) |
0.042 (0.044) |
0.00 | ||
| Electricity, metered | 0.302*** (0.013) |
0.253*** (0.021) |
0.65 | 0.304*** (0.022) |
0.354*** (0.035) |
0.77 | ||
| Electricity, unmetered | 0.018 (0.013) |
0.102*** (0.020) |
0.34 | −0.017 (0.022) |
0.158*** (0.035) |
0.21 | ||
| Water from general system | 0.182*** (0.007) |
0.95 | 0.222*** (0.015) |
0.96 | ||||
| Full service (water, sewer, electricity) | 0.195*** (0.004) |
0.60 | 0.362*** (0.007) |
0.84 | ||||
| Controls: House Characteristics, District Fixed Effects | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Number of Households | 201,001 | 201,001 | 46,585 | 201,001 | 109,166 | 109,166 | 25,149 | 109,166 |
| Districts | 56 | 56 | 56 | 24 | 24 | 24 | ||
| R2 | 0.53 | 0.50 | 0.35 | 0.55 | 0.54 | 0.36 | ||
Notes: Robust standard errors are reported in parentheses. Since the poorest 20% of households are disproportionately renters, they comprise more than 20% of the sample.
*
Significant at 10% level.
**
Significant at 5% level.
***
Significant at 1% level.