Migration, fixed costs, and location-specific
amenities: a hazard analysis for a panel of males.
by Huffman, Wallace E.^Feridhanusetyawan, Tubagus
(5.80) (8.41)
[AGE.sup.2]/100 -0.323 -0.330
(-4.80) (-7.14)
EDU 0.048 0.044
(1.72) (2.38)
DSLFEMP -1.229 -1.191
(-7.21) (-9.33)
UNION -0.17 -0.219
(-0.99) (-1.67)
UNEM 0.001 0.001
(1.12) (1.71)
MARR -1.299 -1.294
(-4.27) (-4.57)
CHILD -0.194 -0.150
(-4.27) (-4.57)
CRIME 0.056 0.046
(2.01) (2.47)
PARKS -0.085 -0.028
(-1.46) (-0.86)
JAN -0.002 -0.005
(-0.23) (-0.81)
JULY 0.001 0.006
(0.05) (0.55)
RACE 0.633 0.512
(1.55) (2.07)
[sigma] 0.632 0.667
(7.97) (10.91)
[delta] 3.843 2.644
(3.83) (4.78)
Log-likelihood -795.0 -1,287.2
Completed spells 284 496
Total spells 865 1,268
Table 5. Marginal Effect of Selected Explanatory
Variables on the Male Hazard of Interstate
Migration: Time-Dependent, Treatment 2
Explanatory Marginal
Variable Unit Effect
[DELTA]W Percent -0.561
ACE (0-1) (a) 0.947
EDU Year 0.066
DSLFARM Dummy 0.832
UNION Dummy -0.29
UNEM Hour 0.001
MARR Dummy -0.856
CHILD 0, 1, 2, ... -0.225
CRIME Percent (b) 0.069
RACE Dummy 0.768
(a) The share of twenty-year period that a male was in his twenties
is used to calculate the marginal effect of his age.
(b) Measured relative to the U.S. average.
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