Table 7. The Effect of Parental Migration on Child Education with Combined Base Group.
Base group includes children whose parents had domestic migration experience and those whose parents had no migration experience
| (1) | (2) | (3) | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Boys & Girls Education (Yrs) | Boys Education (Yrs) | Girls Education (Yrs) | |
| Father Migrated to US Before Child Was 20 | 0.258 [0.207] | 0.229 [0.378] | 0.729 [0.293]** |
| Birth Order | 0.075 [0.019]*** | 0.068 [0.035]* | 0.067 [0.030]** |
| Oldest | 0.428 [0.044]*** | 0.47 [0.083]*** | 0.322 [0.068]*** |
| Youngest | 0.005 [0.060] | −0.135 [0.113] | 0.065 [0.092] |
| Female | −0.231 [0.033]*** | ||
| Family Fixed Effects | YES | YES | YES |
| Birth Year Dummies | YES | YES | YES |
| Observations | 34670 | 16412 | 18258 |
| Number of families | 9003 | 7170 | 7529 |
| Number of families for IDa | 136 | 71 | 78 |
| Avg. Value of Dep. Var. | 7.95 | 8.11 | 7.81 |
Robust standard errors in brackets
significant at 10%;
significant at 5%;
significant at 1%
Number of families for ID refers to number of families with children above and below the cut-off age at time of father’s migration