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Table 7 SLCP impact on migration decision by sub-group

From: Payments for ecological restoration and internal migration in China: the sloping land conversion program in Ningxia

  Gender Age    
   Age 15-29 Age 30-39 Age 40-49 Age 50-65
Year -0.0184 (-1.25) -0.0330** (-2.45) -0.0532*** (-3.48) -0.0569*** (-3.85) -0.0664*** (-4.50)
Treatment -0.0290* (-1.82) -0.0283* (-1.88) -0.0337** (-2.06) -0.0499*** (-2.97) -0.0583*** (-3.57)
Year x Treatment 0.105*** (5.77) 0.135*** (7.44) 0.176*** (9.13) 0.178*** (9.54) 0.187*** (10.11)
Male 0.273*** (12.76) 0.240*** (21.16) 0.239*** (21.16) 0.240*** (21.15) 0.240*** (21.17)
Year x Treatment x Male 0.135*** (4.52)     
Year x Male -0.0892*** (-3.77)     
Treatment x Male -0.0356 (-1.37)     
Year x Treatment x Age 15-29   0.129*** (3.30)    
Year x Age 15-29   -0.102*** (-3.24)    
Treatment x Age 15-29   -0.0633* (-1.69)    
Year x Treatment x Age 30-39    -0.00896 (-0.22)   
Year x Age 30-39    -0.0472 (-1.48)   
Treatment x Age 30-39    -0.0614* (-1.70)   
Year x Treatment x Age 40-49     -0.0125 (-0.33)  
Year x Age 40-49     -0.0464 (-1.46)  
Treatment x Age 40-49     0.0115 (0.31)  
Year x Treatment x Age 50-65      -0.109*** (-3.07)
Year x Age 50-65      0.0209 (0.75)
Treatment x Age 50-65      0.0942** (2.58)
Age 15-29   0.360*** (10.90) 0.309*** (14.10) 0.310*** (14.14) 0.309*** (14.11)
Age 30-39   0.201*** (7.70) 0.265*** (7.36) 0.201*** (7.69) 0.201*** (7.69)
Age 40-49   0.0895*** (3.50) 0.0893*** (3.49) 0.109*** (2.90) 0.0894*** (3.49)
Age 50-65   0.0138 (0.49) 0.0141 (0.51) 0.0139 (0.50) -0.0217 (-0.57)
Age (years) 0.0306*** (10.16)     
Age squared -0.000530*** (-12.42)     
Hui nationality 0.0175 (1.35) 0.0154 (1.24) 0.0170 (1.37) 0.0155 (1.25) 0.0153 (1.24)
Primary education & below 0.0340 (1.52) 0.00851 (0.39) 0.00757 (0.34) 0.00852 (0.39) 0.00798 (0.36)
Junior middle school 0.132*** (6.22) 0.116*** (5.62) 0.117*** (5.63) 0.116*** (5.63) 0.116*** (5.61)
Married -0.00425 (-0.17) -0.0279 (-1.26) -0.0277 (-1.25) -0.0279 (-1.26) -0.0279 (-1.26)
Number of children under 15 -0.0117** (-2.09) 0.00403 (0.72) 0.00381 (0.68) 0.00406 (0.72) 0.00379 (0.67)
Number of elderly -0.0323** (-2.13) -0.0347** (-2.41) -0.0353** (-2.44) -0.0348** (-2.41) -0.0351** (-2.43)
Number of adults 0.0184*** (2.92) -0.00345 (-0.54) -0.00358 (-0.57) -0.00343 (-0.54) -0.00328 (-0.52)
Land per adult -0.000653* (-1.73) -0.000422 (-1.06) -0.000444 (-1.10) -0.000419 (-1.05) -0.000431 (-1.08)
% of migrants in the village  labor force 0.00649*** (9.57) 0.00641*** (9.75) 0.00644*** (9.83) 0.00641*** (9.75) 0.00642*** (9.74)
Lowest distance to the county  center -0.000453* (-1.73) -0.000432* (-1.73) -0.000419* (-1.68) -0.000432* (-1.73) -0.000432* (-1.73)
Constant -0.470*** (-9.45) -0.216*** (-5.91) -0.216*** (-5.82) -0.204*** (-5.50) -0.196*** (-5.32)
N 5,316 5,316 5,316 5,316 5,316
R 2 0.223 0.246 0.247 0.246 0.246
  1. Source: Survey data collected by Beijing Normal University and Hitotsubashi University in 2009.
  2. Notes: See Table 6.
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