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Table 4 Migration and remittance descriptive statistics

From: Remittances and labor supply in post-conflict Tajikistan

Variable

Full sample

Non conflict region

Conflict region

Difference in means (2)-(3)

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Private remittances

    

Monetary remittances from TJ

33.61

34.46

33.05

1.41

In-kind remittances from TJ

10.38

8.78

11.40

−2.62 **

Total private remittances from TJ

43.98

43.24

44.45

−1.21

Monetary remittances from abroad

62.88

53.45

68.93

−15.48 *

In-kind remittances from abroad

1.78

1.92

1.69

0.23

Total private remittances from abroad

64.66

55.37

70.62

−15.25 *

N of private donors in Tajikistan

0.14

0.13

0.14

−0.01

N of private donors abroad

0.10

0.10

0.10

0.00 *

Institutional remittances

    

Monetary remittances from TJ

0.18

0.09

0.24

−0.14

In-kind institutional remittances from TJ

3.22

1.08

4.59

−3.52 ***

Total institutional remittances from TJ

3.40

1.17

4.83

−3.66 ***

Monetary remittances from abroad

1.70

0.10

2.73

−2.64 *

In-kind institutional remittances from abroad

15.54

28.17

7.43

20.75 ***

Total institutional remittances from abroad

17.24

28.27

10.16

18.11 ***

N of donors-institutions in Tajikistan

0.04

0.02

0.05

−0.04 ***

N of donors-institutions abroad

0.12

0.21

0.07

0.14 ***

Overall

    

Dummy for a private donor, any

0.20

0.20

0.20

0.00

Dummy for donor-hh head/spouse

0.05

0.06

0.05

0.00

Number of institutional donors

0.16

0.23

0.12

0.11 ***

Dummy variable for donor-institution

0.16

0.21

0.12

0.09 ***

All private remittances, TJ+abr

110.05

99.31

116.95

−17.64 **

All institutional remittances, TJ+abr

20.70

29.60

14.99

14.61 ***

N

4160

1780

2380

 
  1. Notes: * significant at 10%; ** significant at 5%; *** significant at 1%.
  2. Estimates are weighted by inverse sampling probability. ‘donor’ – a sender of remittances/ transfers as defined in the 2003 TLSS. ‘SR’ stands for sex ratio, ‘workforce’ – includes employed and actively looking for work individuals. Data source: Authors’ calculations using TLSS (2003).