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Table 4 Regression results for short-term integration outcomes

From: The human capital selection of young males seeking asylum in Germany

 

Number of words (OLS)

Work in Germany (Probit)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

\(S_{i}\)

0.62*** (0.10)

0.012*** (0.004)

\(S_{i}^{P}\)

0.07 (0.10)

0.005 (0.003)

Upward mobile

1.46 (1.72)

− 0.027 (0.051)

Downward mobile

− 3.87** (1.84)

− 0.066 (0.077)

Low education

− 4.65*** (1.36)

− 0.144** (0.069)

Age

− 0.16 (0.11)

− 0.14 (0.12)

− 0.13 (0.12)

0.003 (0.003)

0.004* (0.003)

0.004 (0.004)

Time in Germany

7.83*** (2.79)

8.01*** (2.60)

7.81*** (2.76)

− 0.115 (0.099)

− 0.089 (0.100)

− 0.098 (0.099)

Constant

1.23 (4.00)

5.38 (4.17)

7.06* (4.08)

Home country dummies

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Adj. R2/Ps. R2

0.23

0.11

0.19

0.10

0.06

0.09

N

193

193

193

201

201

201

  1. Significance levels are indicated by * p < 0.10, ** p < 0.05, *** p < 0.01. Robust standard errors are shown in parentheses. \(S_{i}\) corresponds to individual years of schooling of the asylum seeker, while \(S_{i}^{P}\) refers to the maximum years of schooling of the parents. Column (4) to (6) show marginal effects. The reference group for the education groups in column (3) and (6) is asylum seekers with above average own and parental years of schooling. Home country dummies consist of three largest countries of origin (Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq). Source: ‘Real-world Laboratory Survey among Asylum Seekers’ for data on individual and parental years of schooling. Data on years of schooling in home countries are calculated from data based on Barro and Lee (2013)