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Table 3 Likelihood of migrating out of the country for all persons born in the country, robust standard errors in brackets

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

 

4 African countries

5 LATAM countries

 

Exp(B)

Exp(B)

Female

0.83

1.42**

 

(0.21)

(0.24)

Age

1.02

1.01

 

(0.01)

(0.00)

High education

0.82

1.22

 

(0.23)

(0.25)

Low education

1.00

5.94***

 

(0.72)

(2.34)

Nurse

1.71*

1.00

 

(0.46)

(0.23)

Med. doctor

1.52

2.02***

 

(0.68)

(0.43)

Constant

9.63***

0.01***

 

(7.09)

(0.005)

Year controlled 2006–2014

Yes

Yes

Wald Chi square

88.72, df(13)***

77.44, df(13)***

−2 Log likelihood

−280.17

−796.22

Number

890

6356

  1. Source: WageIndicator 2006–2014, selection health workers born in four African countries (Angola, Kenya, South Africa and Zimbabwe) and in five Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico). Reference categories: middle education, all other healthcare occupations, year 2006–2007
  2. *Significant at 10 %; **significant at 5 %; ***significant at 1 %