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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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