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Table 2 The effect of migration

From: Migration and educational aspirations – Another channel of brain gain?

 

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Educational aspirations

Expectations

Migration aspirations

 

OLS

OLS

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Migrant since 1999

 

0.33**

  

0.46**

  

0.26*

 
  

(0.14)

  

(0.19)

  

(0.12)

 

Migrant in 2011

  

0.30**

  

0.53***

  

0.24*

   

(0.14)

  

(0.16)

  

(0.13)

Age of Child in years

0.02*

0.02

0.02*

0.10***

0.10***

0.10***

0.06***

0.06***

0.06***

 

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.02)

(0.02)

(0.02)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

Gender of Child (male = 1)

−0.77***

−0.76***

−0.76***

−0.98***

−0.97***

−0.97***

0.19**

0.20**

0.20**

 

(0.11)

(0.11)

(0.11)

(0.15)

(0.15)

(0.14)

(0.09)

(0.09)

(0.09)

Education of Caregiver

0.25***

0.25***

0.25***

0.42***

0.42***

0.42***

0.01

0.00

0.00

 

(0.02)

(0.02)

(0.02)

(0.04)

(0.04)

(0.04)

(0.03)

(0.03)

(0.03)

Other children (yes = 1)

−0.38***

−0.35***

−0.35***

−0.19

−0.15

−0.15

−0.15*

−0.12

−0.12

 

(0.13)

(0.13)

(0.13)

(0.16)

(0.16)

(0.16)

(0.09)

(0.09)

(0.09)

Obs

2197

2197

2197

2152

2152

2152

3547

3547

3547

R2

0.23

0.24

0.23

0.24

0.25

0.25

   

McFadden’s R2

      

0.08

0.08

0.08

  1. Notes: Calculations based on households with children in CELB 2012. Robust standard errors in parentheses; ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1; Controlling also for orphan and semi-orphan, caregiver characteristics, marital status of parents, ethnicity, and household composition; district and grade dummies included; Standard errors clustered at the household level.