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Table 3 Migration probability (probit), base model

From: Education, job insecurity and the within country migration of couples

 

Probit without sample selection controls

Probit: test for sample selection (base model)

IPW-Probit

(A)

(B)

(C)

Power couple

0.142

0.156*

0.143

(0.074)

(0.074)

(0.075)

Male-power couple

0.184*

0.193*

0.187*

(0.085)

(0.085)

(0.085)

Female-power couple

0.172**

0.184**

0.159*

(0.066)

(0.066)

(0.067)

Origin—major city

−0.320**

−0.323**

−0.328**

(0.050)

(0.050)

(0.050)

Origin—rural

−0.200**

−0.202**

−0.204**

(0.067)

(0.067)

(0.068)

Age (male)

0.055

0.054

0.045

(0.030)

(0.030)

(0.030)

Age2 (male)

−0.001*

−0.001*

−0.001

(0.0004)

(0.0004)

(0.0004)

Age (female)

−0.002

−0.005

0.002

(0.033)

(0.033)

(0.033)

Age2 (female)

−0.0001

−0.0001

−0.0002

(0.0005)

(0.0005)

(0.0005)

Over-education (female)

0.072

0.068

0.078

(0.049)

(0.049)

(0.050)

Over-education (male)

−0.025

−0.025

−0.031

(0.049)

(0.049)

(0.049)

Dependent child

−0.033

−0.010

−0.039

(0.050)

(0.052)

(0.050)

Foreign

0.006

0.006

0.017

(0.052)

(0.052)

(0.052)

Home ownership

−0.649**

−0.651**

−0.650**

(0.048)

(0.048)

(0.049)

λ

 

0.232*

 
 

(0.112)

 
  1. Standard errors are adjusted for clustering on household identifier. HILDA Survey – Waves 2 to 9 (Pooled) standard errors reported in parenthesis. Significance levels: **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05