Migration and Technological Change in Rural Households: Complements or Substitutes?



_________________________________________Table 8_________________________________________

Determinants of participation to different categories of migration at household level (multinomial logit model)

Temporary mig Permanent mig.International mig.

Migration-type_____________________________

_____________Coef.

z-stat.

P-value

Coef.

z-stat.

P-value

Coef.

z-stat.

P-value

Number of males in the hh.

0.60***

4.73

0.00

0.70***

12.49

0.00

0.90***

7.52

0.00

Number of females in the hh.

0.06

0.46

0.65

0.21 ***

2.28

0.02

0.44***

4.46

0.00

Number of children in the hh.

-0.12***

-2.94

0.00

-0.15***

-6.76

0.00

0.00

-0.05

0.96

Most educated in the hh

-0.68***

-3.66

0.00

0.35***

4.67

0.00

0.51 ***

2.11

0.03

Age of hh. head

-0.01

-0.45

0.66

0.05

1.49

0.14

-0.01

-0.09

0.93

(Age of hh.head)2

0.00

-0.20

0.84

0.00

-1.47

0.14

0.00

-0.16

0.87

Religion (whether it is Muslim)

3.02***

4.09

0.00

0.53***

2.54

0.01

1.26***

6.50

0.00

Land owned (pae)

-3.01 ***

-6.80

0.00

-1.70 ***

-2.86

0.00

2.11**

1.96

0.05

[Land owned (pae)]2

0.73 ***

6.81

0.00

0.38***

2.30

0.02

-1.63*

-1.74

0.08

Cattle owned (pae)

-0.59***

-2.23

0.03

-2.36***

-11.00

0.00

-3.56***

-4.16

0.00

[Cattle owned (pae)]2

-0.22

-0.70

0.48

0.98***

7.68

0.00

0.85

0.68

0.50

Farm equipment owned

-0.14

-0.63

0.53

-0.11

-0.85

0.40

-0.05

-0.28

0.78

Whether own tubewells

-0.30

-0.50

0.62

0.50

1.28

0.20

0.78

1.47

0.14

N. of hhs. In the ‘bari’

0.01

0.72

0.47

0.01 ***

2.83

0.01

0.00

0.05

0.96

Self-poor assessment

0.24***

3.02

0.00

-0.13

-1.34

0.18

-1.12***

-3.52

0.00

% out-temp. migrants in the village

10.97***

14.58

0.00

1.96 ***

4.16

0.00

2.15***

2.93

0.00

% out-perm. migrants in the village

-6.54***

-4.83

0.00

9.67***

5.72

0.00

5.45***

3.05

0.00

% out-intern. migrants in the village

-4.47***

-5.62

0.00

5.31***

3.99

0.00

17.58***

10.00

0.00

Regional dummy

-2.80***

-8.87

0.00

-0.48

-1.23

0.22

-1.40***

-2.60

0.01

Constant

-2.93***

-2.85

0.00

-6.96***

-7.12

0.00

-8.84***

-3.82

0.00

Pseudo R2 = 0.3144

Joint Sign.Land1: Chi2(6) = 448.96

Prob > chi2 = 0.000

Joint Sign.Cattle2: Chi2( 6) = 4233.00

Prob > chi2 = 0.000

Robust - statistics in parentheses; * significant at 10%; ** significant at 5%; *** significant at 1%
1 Joint significance of land owned and land owned squared.

2 Joint significance of cattle owned and cattle owned squared.

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