The remittance behaviour of Kenyan sibling migrants

Table 3 The probability of remitting and the volume of remittances

Variables	Probability of remitting	Remittance level
=1 if multiple-sibling migrant	−0.058*	−8226
=1 if multiple-sibling migrant	(0.0339)	(13,558)
=1 if sole-sibling migrant	–^Ϯ	–^Ϯ
Other control variables included	Yes	Yes
N	1092	542
R-squared		0.235
Pseudo R-squared	0.3243

Notes to the table: (i) The second column reports the impact effect for the probability of remitting using a probit model based on the full sample of remitting and non-remitting siblings. The dependent variable is equal to 1 if a migrant remitted and 0 otherwise. The third column presents estimates for the remittance volume model based on OLS using the sample of non-zero remitters. Here, the dependent variable is the total amount of cash and in-kind remittances sent to the household measured in Kenyan shillings. (ii) *denotes statistical significance from zero at the 10 % level using a two-tailed test. (iii) Robust standard errors clustered by household are reported in parentheses. (iv) ^Ϯdenotes the base group. (iv) Other variables are included in these models but not shown here in order to conserve space (see text for details)