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Table 4 What determines the life satisfaction of immigrants?

From: (Why) are immigrants unhappy?

 

POLS

FE

POLS

FE

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Years since migration

−0.014

(omitted)

−0.004

−0.045

 

(0.01)

 

(0.009)

(0.027)

Min. identity (lagged)

0.003

0.032

0.026

0.036

 

(0.063)

(0.08)

(0.058)

(0.065)

Maj. identity (lagged)

0.24

0.007

0.245*

0.051

 

(0.14)

(0.157)

(0.119)

(0.126)

German citizenship

3.986***

(omitted)

2.229**

0.899

 

(0.513)

 

(0.754)

(1.031)

Speaks German

0.221*

0.173

  
 

(0.092)

(0.101)

  

Writes German

−0.012

0.056

  
 

(0.114)

(0.137)

  

Number of obs.

2837

2837

3741

3741

Number of ind.

1170

1170

1231

1231

  1. Note: Standard errors in parentheses (clustered at the individual level). * denotes significance at 5 %, ** at 1 % and *** at 0.1 %. Other control variables are as in columns 3 and 4 of Table 3. 'POLS' refers to a pooled ordinary least squares specification, 'FE' to fixed effects