The remittances of migrant Tongan and Samoan nurses from Australia

Table 5 Generalized Tobit regression results

	Binomial Probit Model (Dep. Var. = REMITTER)		Sample Selection Model (Dep. Var = REMITTANCES)
Variable	Coefficient	Std. Error	Coefficient	Std. Error
Constant	-0.1137	0.1131	408.8452	1020.8262
INCOME	_	_	-0.0715**	0.0225
INC2	_	_	0.0002**	.0003E-04
NINCOME	_	_	0.0986**	0.0356
NINC2	_	_	-0.0000**	0.0004E-03
TIM	-4.79E-04	9.14E-04	20.1092**	5.9610909
TIM2	2.99E-03	2.76E-03	-0.0733**	0.0205
NTIM	0.6696	0.11882962	-35.2967**	12.89333
NTIM2	-0.1695	0.4610	0.1040**	0.0360
TONGA	0.8366**	9.87E-02	469.7008	389.2360
NTONGA	0.9230	0.4580	605.0697	802.4204
PARENT	0.2556**	0.1304	969.4765*	430.2114
NPARENT	-0.1775*	0.4183	271.9248	596.5333
OWNAUS	0.3318**	0.1223	215.1771	280.3138
NOWNAUS	-0.81556	0.4290	65.47659	635.9042
OWNOVS	0.6310*	0.1323	649.2868*	266.8714
NOWNOVS	0.5725	0.5352	-455.771	663.6212
VISITOR	0.2108**	0.1758	867.0324**	328.8612
NVISITOR	-0.0005	0.0009	849.3219	609.4681
INTENT	2.99E-03	0.0028	1069.797**	291.2985
LAMBDA	0.6696	0.1188	408.8452	1020.8262
Log Likelihood		-464.9833		-9564.9332
(LRS)		231.4650**
Rsqr		0.3227+		0.1747

** significant at 1% level; * significant at 5% level + Veall-Zimmerman pseudo R-squared

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