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Table 6 Correlations between dependent variables and instrumental variables

From: Mixed effects of remittances on child education

Potential instruments

Remittance reception

School enrollment

Lagged local migration network

0.18

0.04

Migrant’s age between 20 and 50 (1/0)

0.36

0.02

Migrant resides in the USA (1/0)

0.26

0.01

Migrants resided in Europe (1/0)

0.28

0.02

  1. Note: The phi coefficient is used for correlations between two binary variables