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Table 7 Banking services

From: Financial development and the end-use of migrants' remittances

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

 

Assets

Production

Consumption

Demand saving accounts

-0.214

-0.902*

0.673**

 

(0.208)

(0.489)

(0.331)

Credit cards

-0.281*

-0.309

0.254

 

(0.165)

(0.488)

(0.375)

Log (avg. monthly remittance)

0.242***

0.273***

0.091

 

(0.074)

(0.080)

(0.208)

Urban area

0.184

0.564

0.407

 

(0.155)

(0.367)

(0.410)

Children in household

-0.991***

-0.265

1.107***

 

(0.298)

(0.351)

(0.304)

Education 6 to 8 years

0.121

0.773

-0.496**

 

(0.209)

(0.532)

(0.193)

Education 9 to 11 years

-0.000

0.835

-0.362*

 

(0.234)

(0.558)

(0.195)

Education > 11 years

0.508

1.380**

-0.599

 

(0.441)

(0.537)

(0.594)

Age of household head

0.005

0.039**

-0.006

 

(0.011)

(0.020)

(0.016)

Household size

0.039

0.002

-0.060

 

(0.037)

(0.052)

(0.037)

# of employed HH members

-0.122

-0.122

0.237***

 

(0.125)

(0.129)

(0.085)

Constant

-1.272**

-4.951***

-3.175**

 

(0.602)

(1.231)

(1.270)

N

464

464

464

Pseudo r2

0.074

0.208

0.120

p > chi2

0.000

0.005

0.000

  1. Standard errors clustered at community level in parentheses.
  2. *p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01.
  3. Education coefficients relative to baseline group with less than 6 years education.