From: Financial remittances, trans-border conversations, and the state
Ensure well-being | Create jobs | Reduce inequality | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OLS | PSM | OLS | PSM | OLS | PSM | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
Remittances | 0.005 | 0.033 | 0.006 | 0.320 | 0.043 | 0.274 |
[0.029] | [0.232] | [0.028] | [0.202] | [0.028] | [0.187] | |
Contact | 0.016** | 0.125** | 0.021*** | 0.013 | 0.008 | 0.068 |
[0.007] | [0.058] | [0.006] | [0.048] | [0.006] | [0.050] | |
Gov’t efficiency | 0.023*** | 0.041 | 0.018*** | 0.033 | 0.030*** | 0.035 |
[0.005] | [0.044] | [0.005] | [0.045] | [0.005] | [0.044] | |
Political interest | −0.014* | −0.003 | 0.019** | −0.029 | −0.036*** | −0.008 |
[0.008] | [0.080] | [0.007] | [0.072] | [0.007] | [0.074] | |
Intercept | 5.116*** | 5.242*** | 5.736*** | 6.488*** | 5.683*** | 6.374*** |
[0.072] | [0.625] | [0.070] | [0.636] | [0.070] | [0.649] | |
Observations | 53,830 | 1,622 | 54,009 | 1,630 | 53,711 | 1,629 |
R-squared | 0.042 | 0.104 | 0.061 | 0.113 | 0.061 | 0.186 |
Sociodemographic controls | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Country fixed effects | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Year fixed effects | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |