Table 11

Effect of Violence on the Probability of Returning to Mexico: IV Results 2007–2012

Dependent Variable
Two-Year Homicide RateThree-Year Homicide RateCumulative Homicide Rate
Panel A: First Stage Estimation
Municipal-0.617***-0.631***-0.968***
(Campaign/election)(0.137)(0.134)(0.138)
Post_Municipal-0.563***-0.598***-0.978***
(First year in office)(0.115)(0.114)(0.125)
Pre_Municipal-0.422***-0.394***-0.61***
(Second year in office)(0.120)(0.119)(0.116)
F-Statistic10.115.327.4
Kleibergen-Paap rk LM stat29.26343.63278.755
Chi-sq(2) P-val0.0000.0000.000
Hansen J Statistic1.1944.8034.315
Chi-sq(2) P-val0.5510.0910.116
Panel B: Second Stage Estimation
Dependent variable: Return migration rate
Two-year homicide rate0.0080.0030.005
(0.005)(0.003)(0.005)
Three-year homicide rate0.0060.0020.004
(0.004)(0.002)(0.004)
Cumulative homicide rate0.0040.0020.002
(0.003)(0.001)(0.002)
Index violence within states-0.0353-0.0297-0.0159-0.013-0.0107-0.006-0.022-0.019-0.0099
(0.026)(0.022)(0.011)(0.013)(0.011)(0.006)(0.021)(0.018)(0.009)
Index violence across states-0.0002-0.0012-0.0006-0.0001-0.0004-0.0003-0.0001-0.0008-0.0003
(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.000)(0.001)(0.000)(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)
Index within*index across0.0010.00080.00040.0010.00030.00020.0010.00050.0003
(0.001)(0.001)(0.000)(0.001)(0.000)(0.000)(0.001)(0.001)(0.000)
Observations12,09012,09012,09012,09012,09012,09012,09012,09012,090

Notes: Standard errors are robust and clustered by municipality. Regressions include year and municipality fixed effects. *p < 0.1, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01.