| Outcome Variables |
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| Migration |
Whether respondent migrates for the first time to three locations in year t+1: within Chitwan=1, to other districts=2, to other countries=3, and 0 if doesn't migrate at all in year t+1 |
| Repeat migration |
Whether respondent migrates for the second time to three locations in year t+1: within Chitwan=1, to other districts=2, to other countries=3, and 0 if doesn't migrate at all in year t+1 |
| Physical Capital |
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| Home business |
1 if respondent has an in-home business, 0 otherwise, yearly event |
| Outside business |
1 if respondent has business outside the home, 0 otherwise, yearly event |
| Social Capital |
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| Mother traveled internationally |
1 if mother ever traveled outside Nepal before the respondent was age 12, 0 otherwise |
| Father traveled internationally |
1 if father ever traveled outside Nepal before the respondent was age 12, 0 otherwise |
| Neighborhood prevalence ratio for within Chitwan migrants |
Percentage of within Chitwan migrants in neighborhood given by the number of 16 or older people who had ever migrated within Chitwan by year t divided by the number of people aged 16 or older in year t, yearly event |
| Neighborhood prevalence ratio for migrants to other districts |
Percentage of migrants to other districts in neighborhood given by the number of 16 or older people who had ever migrated to other districts by year t divided by the number of people aged 16 or older in year t, yearly event |
| Neighborhood prevalence ratio for international migrants |
Percentage of international migrants in neighborhood given by the number of 16 or older people who had ever migrated internationally by year t divided by the number of people aged 16 or older in year t, yearly event |
| Human Capital |
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| Education |
Number of years of schooling completed by the respondent before migrating |
| Salary job |
1 if salaried job, 0 otherwise, yearly event |
| Wage job |
1 if wage labor job, 0 otherwise, yearly event |
| Served in the military |
1 if respondent ever served in the military as reporeted in the survey in 1996, 0 otherwise |
| Migration-specific Human Capital |
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| First migration within Chitwan |
1 if respondent's first migration was within Chitwan, 0 otherwise |
| First migration to other districts |
1 if respondent's first migration was to other districts outside Chitwan, 0 otherwise |
| First migration to other countries |
1 if respondent's first migration was to other countries, 0 otherwise |
| Neighborhood Characteristics |
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| Electricity |
1 if electricity was available in the neighborhood, 0 otherwise, yearly event |
| Indicator of neighborhood development |
Average hours on foot to nearest resources such as health care, bus service, school, market, bank, employment and police station, yearly event |
| Demographic Variables |
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| Age |
Respondent's age, yearly event |
| Age2
|
Respondent's age square, yearly event |
| Gender |
1 if respondent is a female, 0 otherwise |
| Marriage |
1 if respondent was ever married, 0 otherwise, yearly event |
| Ethnicity |
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| Hindu upper caste |
1 if hindu upper caste, 0 otherwise |
| Hindu lower caste |
1 if hindu lower caste, 0 otherwise |
| Hill Tibetoburmese |
1 if hill tibetoburmese caste, 0 otherwise |
| Newar and other |
1 if newar or other caste, 0 otherwise |
| Terai Tibetoburmese |
1 if terai tibetoburmese caste, 0 otherwise |
