Table 4.
Impact of COVID-19 on household migration and remittance outcomes
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VARIABLES | Migrant household | Remittance-receiving household | Remittance receipt | Per capita remittances |
| Pre-COVID trend | 0.00184 | -0.0192** | -0.148*** | -0.101*** |
| (0.00344) | (0.00809) | (0.0537) | (0.0365) | |
| COVID-19 | -0.0115 | -0.0275 | 0.0612 | 0.0371 |
| (0.0182) | (0.0431) | (0.277) | (0.193) | |
| 1-month effect | -0.0237 | -0.0518 | -0.00881 | -0.0356 |
| (0.0335) | (0.0710) | (0.443) | (0.313) | |
| 2-month effect | -0.0542 | -0.0275 | -0.199 | -0.178 |
| (0.0484) | (0.0929) | (0.564) | (0.400) | |
| 3-month effect | -0.0756 | 0.0316 | -0.268 | -0.157 |
| (0.0624) | (0.121) | (0.730) | (0.523) | |
| 4-month effect | -0.108 | 0.0466 | 0.0206 | 0.0606 |
| (0.0759) | (0.149) | (0.837) | (0.599) | |
| 5-month effect | -0.118 | 0.136 | 0.734 | 0.543 |
| (0.0902) | (0.175) | (1.010) | (0.715) | |
| 6 plus-month effect | -0.128 | 0.111 | 0.888 | 0.744 |
| (0.103) | (0.202) | (1.164) | (0.832) | |
| Observations | 23,053 | 7,529 | 7,529 | 7,529 |
| Household FE | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Round FE | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Author's estimations
Robust standard errors in parentheses. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1. Dependent variables in columns 3 and 4 are in logs. The sample size for models (2)-(4) is restricted to migrant households only