Table 2 Fixed-effects OLS estimates for intended migration duration
From: Source country characteristics and immigrants’ optimal migration duration decision
Dependent variable: intented migration duration | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Specification 1 | Specification 2 | Specification 4 | Specification 5 | |
Log(PPP) | -6.146 | -25.378*** | 5.020 | 9.518 |
[11.295] | [4.176] | [11.571] | [9.888] | |
Log(PPP) * age | -0.595 | -0.630* | -0.664** | |
[0.293] | [0.236] | [0.192] | ||
Log(PPP) * dur. of res. | 1.547** | 1.075*** | 1.473** | 1.466** |
[0.368] | [0.178] | [0.426] | [0.420] | |
Wage ratio | -7.267 | -14.248 | -6.354 | -2.317 |
[9.344] | [12.024] | [14.064] | [16.749] | |
Wage ratio * age | 0.017 | 0.100 | -0.068 | -0.142 |
[0.303] | [0.268] | [0.244] | [0.320] | |
Wage ratio * dur. of res. | -0.114 | 0.440 | 0.542 | |
[0.556] | [0.903] | [0.777] | ||
Dur. of residence | 2.748** | 2.712*** | 3.533*** | 3.830*** |
[0.553] | [0.322] | [0.240] | [0.384] | |
Age * dur. of residence | -0.031** | -0.032*** | -0.032*** | -0.034*** |
[0.005] | [0.003] | [0.005] | [0.005] | |
Married | -2.587** | -2.477** | -2.615** | -2.623* |
[0.713] | [0.694] | [0.821] | [0.829] | |
Home country growth rate | 2.101 | |||
[0.988] | ||||
Home country growth rate * age | -0.029 | |||
[0.014] | ||||
Home country growth rate * dur. of res. | -0.021 | |||
[0.009] | ||||
Year dummies | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Observations | 6,099 | 6,099 | 6,099 | 6,099 |
Number of people | 813 | 813 | 813 | 813 |
R-squared | 0.186 | 0.187 | 0.195 | 0.196 |