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Table 5 Impact of years abroad during school age on the likelihood of finishing primary school

From: The impact of refugee experiences on education: evidence from Burundi

Variable

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Years abroad during school age

0.04***

(3.09)

0.06***

(3.60)

0.04**

(2.43)

0.05***

(2.78)

0.06***

(3.24)

Returnee

0.01

(0.31)

0.05

(1.22)

0.03

(0.56)

0.03

(0.50)

0.03

(0.59)

War cohort

− 0.11***

(− 3.15)

− 0.01

(− 0.19)

0.15**

(2.41)

0.10**

(1.97)

0.28***

(4.03)

Post-war cohort

− 0.32***

(− 7.08)

− 0.23***

(− 4.15)

− 0.09

(− 1.08)

− 0.12*

(− 1.91)

0.10

(1.11)

Female

− 0.04**

(− 2.43)

− 0.04**

(− 2.43)

0.04

(1.54)

0.02

(0.76)

0.03

(1.27)

Age

− 0.02***

(− 11.59)

− 0.02***

(− 7.96)

− 0.01***

(− 4.60)

− 0.01***

(− 5.69)

− 0.01*

(− 1.67)

Pre-war education

 

X

  

X

Pre-war livestock

  

X

 

X

Pre-war land

   

X

X

Observations

3704

2103

1793

2082

986

  1. Pre-war education is only available for those households with members from the pre-war generation. t statistics are presented in parenthesis
  2. *Indicates that the coefficient is significant at the 10% level; **indicates that the coefficient is significant at the 5% level; ***indicates that the coefficient is significant at the 1% level