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Table 6 Marginal effect of remittances on education by SLC pass rate percentiles

From: Remittances, school quality, and household education expenditures in Nepal

  

Internal

External

Percentile

SLC pass rate

OLS

IV

OLS

IV

Minimum

18.00

−0.073**

−0.393***

0.004

0.140

 

Jajarkot

(0.04)

(0.13)

(0.01)

(0.13)

10

41.79

−0.014**

−0.095**

0.007

0.141

 

Mahottari

(0.01)

(0.04)

(0.01)

(0.09)

25

47.49

0.001**

−0.023

0.008

0.141*

 

Kailali

(0.00007)

(0.03)

(0.01)

(0.08)

50

55.81

0.022**

0.081**

0.009**

0.142**

 

Dhanusa

(0.01)

(0.05)

(0.00)

(0.07)

75

72.32

0.063**

0.288***

0.011**

0.143**

 

Kavre

(0.03)

(0.11)

(0.01)

(0.06)

90

83.71

0.092**

0.430***

0.013

0.143**

 

Kathmandu

(0.05)

(0.15)

(0.01)

(0.06)

Maximum

84.18

0.093**

0.436***

0.013

0.143**

 

(Gulmi)

(0.05)

(0.16)

(0.01)

(0.06)

  1. Standard errors in parentheses
  2. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1