Comparative Migration Studies

Table 2 Adjusted regressions (PSM), social remittances and the role of the state

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	0.026	−0.115	0.014	−0.052	0.043	−0.054
	[0.026]	[0.125]	[0.027]	[0.124]	[0.026]	[0.115]
Family abroad	0.048**	0.356***	0.042**	0.300**	0.031*	0.200*
	[0.019]	[0.122]	[0.020]	[0.117]	[0.019]	[0.114]
Gov’t efficiency	0.018***	0.028	0.024***	0.041	0.031***	0.044
	[0.005]	[0.034]	[0.005]	[0.032]	[0.005]	[0.032]
Political Interest	0.019**	0.032	−0.014*	−0.032	−0.035***	0.025
	[0.007]	[0.056]	[0.008]	[0.057]	[0.007]	[0.050]
Intercept	5.739***	5.968***	5.114***	5.381***	5.680***	5.576***
	[0.070]	[0.510]	[0.072]	[0.455]	[0.070]	[0.468]
Observations	54,089	3,125	53,910	3,117	53,796	3,125
R ²	0.060	0.086	0.041	0.070	0.061	0.069
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

Sociodemographic controls are age, age^2, gender, education, marital status, employment status, race, socioeconomic status
Robust standard errors in brackets *p < 0.1 **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01

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