Table 3 First stage - the migration decision (Logit)
From: Migration and educational aspirations – Another channel of brain gain?
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All | West | East | All | West | East | |
GDPpc Growth 2004 weighted by migrant network | 0.22** | 0.58*** | −0.15 | 0.31*** | 0.58*** | −0.06 |
(0.11) | (0.15) | (0.14) | (0.11) | (0.13) | (0.14) | |
Military Personnel | 0.31** | −0.05 | 0.48** | |||
(0.15) | (0.25) | (0.19) | ||||
Migrant Stock in Italy 2004 | −0.00 | 0.01 | −0.01** | −0.00 | 0.01 | −0.01** |
(0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.01) | |
Migrant Stock in Russia 2004 | −0.01 | −0.04*** | 0.02* | −0.02** | −0.05*** | 0.01 |
(0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | |
Migrant Stock in Ukraine 2004 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | −0.00 | −0.00 | 0.01 |
(0.01) | (0.02) | (0.02) | (0.01) | (0.02) | (0.02) | |
Migrant Stock in Romania 2004 | −0.05*** | −0.05** | −0.01 | −0.06*** | −0.06*** | −0.02 |
(0.02) | (0.02) | (0.02) | (0.02) | (0.02) | (0.03) | |
Age of Child in years | 0.01 | −0.01 | 0.02* | 0.00 | −0.00 | 0.01 |
(0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.02) | (0.01) | |
Gender of Child (male = 1) | −0.09 | −0.12 | −0.03 | −0.11 | −0.15 | −0.04 |
(0.09) | (0.13) | (0.09) | (0.10) | (0.14) | (0.10) | |
Education of Caregiver | 0.04 | 0.07** | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.07** | 0.00 |
(0.02) | (0.03) | (0.03) | (0.03) | (0.03) | (0.03) | |
Other children (yes = 1) | −0.63*** | −0.45*** | −0.57*** | −0.64*** | −0.41** | −0.59*** |
(0.12) | (0.17) | (0.12) | (0.14) | (0.18) | (0.13) | |
Obs | 3547 | 3547 | 3547 | 2926 | 2926 | 2926 |
McFadden R2 | 0.08 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.06 |
Wald Chi2 | 205.3 | 231.9 | 104.8 | 204.3 | 256.6 | 86.49 |