Source country characteristics and immigrants’ optimal migration duration decision

Table 7 Fixed-effects OLS estimates for return intention dummy variable

Dependent variable: return intention dummy variable
	Specification 1	Specification 2	Specification 4	Specification 5
Log(PPP)	-0.120	0.594***	-0.278	-0.435
	[0.330]	[0.091]	[0.283]	[0.241]
Log(PPP) * age	0.021		0.022*	0.022**
	[0.011]		[0.007]	[0.006]
Log(PPP) * dur. of res.	-0.048*	-0.032***	-0.051**	-0.047***
	[0.015]	[0.004]	[0.009]	[0.008]
Wage ratio	-0.227	-0.038	-0.178	-0.370
	[0.330]	[0.226]	[0.337]	[0.406]
Wage ratio * age	-0.002	0.000	0.002	0.003
	[0.019]	[0.005]	[0.015]	[0.015]
Wage ratio * dur. of res.	0.013		-0.002	-0.002
	[0.029]		[0.026]	[0.022]
Dur. of residence	-0.012	-0.008	-0.072***	-0.075***
	[0.012]	[0.006]	[0.008]	[0.006]
Age * dur. of residence	0.000	0.000	0.000**	0.000***
	[0.000]	[0.000]	[0.000]	[0.000]
Married	0.055*	0.051*	0.060**	0.059*
	[0.019]	[0.018]	[0.019]	[0.019]
Home country growth rate				-0.062**
				[0.012]
Home country growth rate * age				0.000***
				[0.000]
Home country growth rate * dur. of res.				0.002**
				[0.000]
Year dummies	No	No	Yes	Yes
Observations	7.154	7.154	7.154	7.154
Number of people	827	827	827	827
R-squared	0.042	0.041	0.050	0.052

Notes: Standard errors are adjusted for clustering at the level of country of origin. Macro variables are three-year moving averages. Robust standard errors in brackets; * significant at 10%; ** significant at 5%; *** significant at 1%.