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Comparative Migration Studies

Table 10 Adjusted regressions (PSM), social remittances and the state in a reduced sample of heavy financial remittance recipients

From: Financial remittances, trans-border conversations, and the state

 

Create jobs

Ensure well-being

Reduce inequality

 

OLS

PSM

OLS

PSM

OLS

PSM

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Remittances

−0.012

−0.112

−0.009

−0.034

0.025

0.019

 

(0.028)

(0.133)

(0.030)

(0.135)

(0.029)

(0.125)

Family abroad

0.086***

0.377***

0.079***

0.302**

0.066***

0.184

 

(0.022)

(0.130)

(0.023)

(0.126)

(0.023)

(0.124)

Gov’t efficacy

0.013**

0.054

0.028***

0.070**

0.019***

0.086**

 

(0.006)

(0.037)

(0.006)

(0.035)

(0.006)

(0.035)

Political interest

−0.017*

−0.017

−0.048***

−0.060

−0.046***

0.012

 

(0.009)

(0.059)

(0.010)

(0.060)

(0.010)

(0.052)

Intercept

5.837***

6.017***

5.123***

5.396***

5.751***

5.455***

 

(0.085)

(0.563)

(0.090)

(0.499)

(0.088)

(0.517)

Observations

31,788

2,685

31,674

2,678

31,618

2,679

R 2

0.037

0.049

0.032

0.038

0.029

0.058

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

  1. Countries included: El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Guatemala, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Mexico, Colombia
  2. Sociodemographic controls are age, age^2, gender, education, marital status, employment status, race, socioeconomic status
  3. Robust standard errors in parentheses ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1
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