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Table 7 Regional characteristics - correlates of the distance to the border

From: Russian migrants to Russia: assimilation and local labor market effects

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Log industrial output per capita in 1985

−0.267

     
 

(0.449)

     

Unemployment rate in 1992

 

−0.059

    
  

(0.111)

    

Employment to population ratio in 1992

  

2.201

   
   

(3.945)

   

Export to CIS in 1998

   

−0.000

  
    

(0.000)

  

Import to CIS in 1998

    

−0.001

 
     

(0.001)

 

Share of employed in education in 1992

     

10.034

      

(10.062)

Share of employed in healthcare in 1992

     

−27.384

      

(20.570)

Share of employed in construction in 1992

     

−12.021

      

(8.995)

Share of employed in agriculture in 1992

     

−18.930***

      

(4.959)

Share of employed in industry in 1992

     

−4.826

      

(3.217)

Log population size

−0.682***

−0.714***

−0.707***

−0.688***

−0.604***

−0.410**

 

(0.153)

(0.145)

(0.151)

(0.154)

(0.163)

(0.168)

Share of urban population in 1994

0.049***

0.045***

0.042***

0.045***

0.048***

−0.031

 

(0.015)

(0.009)

(0.010)

(0.010)

(0.009)

(0.031)

Constant

12.484***

13.287***

12.034***

12.579***

11.272***

19.983***

 

(2.018)

(1.944)

(2.551)

(2.017)

(2.147)

(3.717)

N

75

74

74

74

74

74

adj. R 2

0.207

0.206

0.205

0.204

0.220

0.384

  1. Robust standard errors in parentheses; *p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01
  2. Unit of observation is the region, 6 Caucasus regions are excluded due to the lack of data. Dependent variable is the logarithm of the distance from the center of a region to the border with fSU countries. Source of data - Rosstat