Do climate variations explain bilateral migration? A gravity model analysis

Table 2 Determinants of bilateral migration flows - Static model in first differences

Dependent variable: log migration flow	(1)
Independent variables:
weighted temperature origin	0.019*
	(0.011)
weighted precipitation origin	0.005**
	(0.003)
unemployment destination	−0.070***
	(0.007)
GDP destination 1000	−0.010*
	(0.006)
GDP origin 1000	−0.065***
	(0.018)
GDP origin 1000 sq	0.001**
	(0.000)
demographic pressure	0.019
	(0.014)
log population	−0.817**
	(0.364)
trade to GDP ratio	0
	(0.001)
EU membership	0.296***
	(0.063)
R-squared	0.022
N	14042
RMSE	0.557
F-test	16.67

Note: ***, **, * denote significance levels at one, five and ten percent, respectively. Robust standard errors are reported in parentheses. Year dummies are included.