From: Migration and aspirations – are migrants trapped on a hedonic treadmill?
DV: Δ aspiration gap | Type of migration | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full sample | Economic opportunity | Economic necessity | Education | Marriage | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
Migrated between 2000 - 2007 | 0.05** | 0.02 | 0.22** | 0.24** | 0.06 |
(0.018) | (0.726) | (0.040) | (0.033) | (0.236) | |
2000: Subjective well-being | 0.18*** | 0.18*** | 0.18*** | 0.18*** | 0.18*** |
(0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | |
2007: Age group: 25–39 yearsa | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 |
(0.570) | (0.182) | (0.106) | (0.111) | (0.166) | |
2007: Age group: 40–65 years | -0.03 | -0.02 | -0.01 | -0.01 | -0.01 |
(0.293) | (0.500) | (0.644) | (0.633) | (0.579) | |
Men | 0.10*** | 0.10*** | 0.09*** | 0.09*** | 0.09*** |
(0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | |
2000: No educationb | -0.05* | -0.04 | -0.04 | -0.04 | -0.04 |
(0.065) | (0.165) | (0.156) | (0.195) | (0.174) | |
2000: Junior high school | -0.01 | -0.00 | -0.00 | -0.00 | 0.00 |
(0.815) | (0.893) | (0.960) | (0.948) | (0.917) | |
2000: Senior high school | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
(0.387) | (0.241) | (0.342) | (0.355) | (0.368) | |
2000: Higher education | -0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | -0.00 | 0.01 |
(0.824) | (0.899) | (0.908) | (0.942) | (0.734) | |
Higher education completed in 2007 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
(0.183) | (0.909) | (0.798) | (0.807) | (0.572) | |
In 2007 newly employed | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
(0.668) | (0.866) | (0.808) | (0.862) | (0.545) | |
In 2007 no longer employed | -0.06*** | -0.05* | -0.05** | -0.05** | -0.06** |
(0.009) | (0.058) | (0.043) | (0.044) | (0.029) | |
2000: Total monthly income (ln) | -0.11 | -0.03 | -0.04 | -0.02 | -0.05 |
(0.553) | (0.893) | (0.837) | (0.900) | (0.798) | |
Change in total monthly income | 0.21 | 0.29* | 0.27* | 0.28* | 0.29* |
(0.136) | (0.058) | (0.078) | (0.066) | (0.051) | |
2000: Married | -0.09*** | -0.08*** | -0.08*** | -0.08*** | -0.08*** |
(0.000) | (0.001) | (0.000) | (0.001) | (0.000) | |
2000: Head | -0.13*** | -0.12*** | -0.11*** | -0.12*** | -0.11*** |
(0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | |
In 2007 newly head | -0.07*** | -0.06** | -0.05* | -0.06* | -0.06** |
(0.009) | (0.036) | (0.078) | (0.052) | (0.036) | |
2000: Household expenditure | 0.14* | 0.15* | 0.14* | 0.13* | 0.15** |
(0.064) | (0.061) | (0.071) | (0.089) | (0.047) | |
2000: Household expenditure squared | -0.02** | -0.02** | -0.02** | -0.02** | -0.02** |
(0.034) | (0.027) | (0.034) | (0.044) | (0.022) | |
Change in household expenditure | 0.03*** | 0.03*** | 0.03*** | 0.03*** | 0.03*** |
(0.005) | (0.004) | (0.004) | (0.004) | (0.004) | |
2000: Female-headed HH | -0.02 | -0.03 | -0.04 | -0.04 | -0.04 |
(0.433) | (0.260) | (0.218) | (0.184) | (0.145) | |
2000: HH adults | -0.01*** | -0.01*** | -0.01*** | -0.01*** | -0.01*** |
(0.001) | (0.001) | (0.001) | (0.001) | (0.001) | |
2000: HH children | 0.02*** | 0.02*** | 0.02*** | 0.02*** | 0.02*** |
(0.002) | (0.001) | (0.001) | (0.001) | (0.000) | |
2000: Rural | 0.01 | -0.00 | -0.01 | -0.01 | -0.00 |
(0.488) | (0.820) | (0.707) | (0.695) | (0.936) | |
2000: Village: average HH asset value | -0.04*** | -0.05*** | -0.05*** | -0.05*** | -0.05*** |
(0.003) | (0.002) | (0.001) | (0.001) | (0.001) | |
2000: Relative rank asset value within the village | -0.10*** | -0.08** | -0.08** | -0.08** | -0.08*** |
(0.002) | (0.011) | (0.011) | (0.012) | (0.010) | |
Constant | 0.35 | 0.40 | 0.51* | 0.46 | 0.46 |
(0.203) | (0.176) | (0.089) | (0.120) | (0.118) | |
Province dummies included | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Observations | 14006 | 12045 | 11877 | 11871 | 12166 |
R2 / Pseudo-R2 | 0.051 | 0.049 | 0.049 | 0.049 | 0.049 |