From: Financial remittances, trans-border conversations, and the state
Emigration in the US | Emigration in LDCs | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Ensure well-being | Create jobs | Ensure well-being | Create jobs | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
Individual level and interactions | ||||
Contact | 0.0131 | 0.0144 | 0.0147 ** | 0.0161 |
[0.008] | [0.012] | [0.007] | [0.011] | |
Contact* % Emigration in US | 0.000357 | 0.000566 | ||
[0.000] | [0.000] | |||
Contact* % Emigration in LDCs | −0.000738** | −0.00109* | ||
[0.000] | [0.001] | |||
Remittances | −0.00748 | −0.0206 | −0.00629 | −0.0197 |
[0.028] | [0.028] | [0.028] | [0.028] | |
Gov’t efficacy | 0.0393*** | 0.0337*** | 0.0393*** | 0.0337*** |
[0.004] | [0.004] | [0.004] | [0.004] | |
Political interest | 0.0401 | −0.0676 | 0.0319 | −0.0766 |
[0.075] | [0.089] | [0.074] | [0.086] | |
Constant | 5.644*** | 5.764*** | 5.634*** | 5.757*** |
[0.068] | [0.080] | [0.066] | [0.077] | |
Country level | ||||
% Emigration in US | −0.00425* | −0.00343 | ||
[0.002] | [0.003] | |||
% Emigration in LDCs | 0.00830** | 0.00783* | ||
[0.004] | [0.004] | |||
N 2 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
N 1 | 53830 | 53559 | 53830 | 53559 |