Potential migration and subjective well-being in Europe

Table 8 The choice of the ideal migration destination - conditional logit estimates - 24 possible destinations

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)^a
GDP per capita	-0.090^***	-0.092^**	-0.129^***	-0.109^**	-0.109^**	-0.004
	(0.030)	(0.039)	(0.041)	(0.045)	(0.045)	(0.049)
Unemployment rate	-0.073^***	-0.064^***	-0.032	-0.015	-0.015	0.022
	(0.017)	(0.019)	(0.025)	(0.030)	(0.030)	(0.028)
Distance	-0.057	-0.058	-0.063	-0.062	-0.062	-0.224^***
	(0.081)	(0.082)	(0.083)	(0.083)	(0.083)	(0.078)
Common language	0.869^***	0.867^***	0.956^***	0.955^***	0.955^***	1.039^***
	(0.168)	(0.168)	(0.139)	(0.139)	(0.139)	(0.131)
Share of migrants	0.058^***	0.059^***	0.056^***	0.056^***	0.056^***	0.062^***
	(0.012)	(0.012)	(0.010)	(0.010)	(0.010)	(0.011)
Warmer country	0.106	0.106	0.122	0.121	0.121
	(0.194)	(0.194)	(0.209)	(0.209)	(0.209)
Income tax		-2.881	-6.869^**	-6.024^**	-6.032^*	-1.811
		(2.766)	(3.075)	(3.015)	(3.100)	(3.119)
Unemployment benefit		0.024	0.036	0.039	0.039	0.020
		(0.024)	(0.029)	(0.029)	(0.029)	(0.028)
Life satisfaction			0.275^**	0.279^**	0.278^**	0.192^*
			(0.125)	(0.128)	(0.129)	(0.100)
Corruption				-0.793^*	-0.789^*	-0.936^**
				(0.478)	(0.474)	(0.441)
Freedom of choice					0.011
					(0.371)
Destination fixed effects	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Observations	265,927	265,927	203,877	203,877	203,877	203,877
Individuals	11,370	11,370	10,255	10,255	10,255	10,255

Standard errors are clustered at country level ^*p < 0.1, ^**p < 0.05, ^***p < 0.01. ^acontrols for domestic GDP per capita and average life satisfaction interacted with destination dummies.