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Table 2 Likelihood of migration to a neighbouring country (1 = yes, 0 = no), to a country with the same language (1 = yes, 0 = no), and to a former colonizer (1 = yes, 0 = no), standard errors in brackets

From: Does migration ‘pay off’ for foreign-born migrant health workers? An exploratory analysis using the global WageIndicator dataset

 

DV neighbour country

DV same language

DV former colonizer

 

Exp(B)

Exp(B)

Exp(B)

Neighbour country

 

6.16***

0.06***

  

(0.1)

(0.18)

Same language

6.00***

 

8.36***

 

(0.10)

 

(0.12)

Former colonizer

0.06***

9.36***

 
 

(0.18)

(0.12)

 

Female

1.39***

1.06

1.18

 

(0.10)

(0.10)

(0.13)

Age

1.00

1.00

1.03***

 

(0.00)

(0.00)

(0.00)

High education

0.92

1.59***

0.66***

 

(0.11)

(0.10)

(0.13)

Low education

0.56***

1.14

1.07

 

(0.20)

(0.17)

(0.20)

Nurse

1.24*

0.89

1.36**

 

(0.11)

(0.10)

(0.13)

Med. doctor

1.03

1.52***

1.30

 

(0.14)

(0.14)

(0.17)

Constant

0.11***

0.14***

0.11***

 

(0.29)

(0.26)

(0.31)

Year controlled 2006–2014

Yes

Yes

Yes

Chi square

863.52, df(16) ***

793.93, df(16) ***

806.80, df(16) ***

−2 Log likelihood

2831.96

3183.04

2162.71

  1. Source: WageIndicator 2006–2014, selection migrants in healthcare occupations with identified country of birth. N = 2904, reference categories: middle education, all other healthcare occupations; year 2006
  2. *Significant at 10 %; **significant at 5 %; ***significant at 1 %