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Internal educational and economic migration and the presence of universities in Peru

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|Apr 2026

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Figure 1.

Evolution of university campuses in Peru and Metropolitan Lima 2015–2022Metropolitan Lima encompasses the province of Lima within the department of Lima and the entire department of the Constitutional Province of Callao, while the remaining provinces in the department of Lima are referred to as Regional Lima.Source: SUNEDU (2022); authors' elaboration

Odds-ratio results for models with universities per million inhabitants

With LimaWithout Lima
All householdsHouseholds comprising members with higher educationAll householdsHouseholds comprising members with higher education
Variables(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)
ccdd_univ_pm1.01759*** (0.00279)1.12569 (0.15495)1.01653** (0.00736)0.73716 (0.28488)1.01899*** (0.00289)1.06403 (0.16012)1.01886** (0.00759)0.86478 (0.35445)
ccdd_employment2766.937*** (3603.88400)10918.55*** (28106.05)1.94268 (6.70959)0.02760 (0.19322)12858.91*** (21430.55)26545.38*** (87638.40)61.36969 (240.43990)3.99559 (32.33698)
ccdd_univ_pm ## ccdd_employment 0.89949 (0.13001) 1.40072 (0.56800) 0.95566 (0.15068) 1.18749 (0.51037)
head_age0.93459*** (0.00215)0.93458*** (0.00214)0.90706*** (0.00507)0.90713*** (0.00505)0.93932*** (0.00199)0.93932*** (0.00192)0.91039*** (0.00554)0.91048*** (0.00554)
head_educ1.04553*** (0.00736)1.04545*** (0.00736)0.98623 (0.02015)0.98650 (0.02016)1.06049*** (0.00653)1.06046*** (0.00653)1.00333 (0.01801)1.00355 (0.01804)
head_employment0.58603*** (0.03943)0.58600*** (0.03943)0.94201 (0.20368)0.94114 (0.20351)0.61578*** (0.04103)0.61580*** (0.04106)0.94458 (0.20147)0.94394 (0.20139)
dep_ratio0.50759*** (0.04655)0.50789*** (0.04659)0.43396*** (0.11279)0.43090*** (0.11240)0.62843*** (0.05365)0.62851*** (0.05366)0.87831 (0.23941)0.87559 (0.23955)
ln_income0.91117*** (0.03145)0.91097*** (0.03144)0.79935** (0.07627)0.79948** (0.07632)0.95237 (0.03128)0.95247 (0.03173)0.96708 (0.10191)0.96579 (0.10155)
ln_rent_expenditure1.11169*** (0.03265)1.11234*** (0.03277)1.43688*** (0.12525)1.43359*** (0.12262)1.06782** (0.02916)1.06800** (0.02916)1.21519** (0.09287)1.21408** (0.09312)
ccdd_rural0.63201*** (0.09926)0.64357*** (0.10060)0.98557 (0.42627)0.92070 (0.39555)0.71750** (0.11007)0.72039** (0.11095)1.06213 (0.43885)1.04383 (0.43583)
ccdd_water0.99950 (0.21648)1.00484 (0.22203)1.65523 (0.85832)1.57893 (0.82309)0.85703 (0.18483)0.86149 (0.18704)1.55745 (0.80951)1.52543 (0.79660)
ccdd_crime0.42264** (0.14889)0.43665** (0.15623)2.36848 (2.20126)2.16734 (2.06353)0.33938*** (0.12756)0.34267*** (0.12972)1.34993 (1.35003)1.30759 (1.33685)
Time FEYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Sample270,381270,38126,28526,285239,639239,63922,69922,699

Model estimation results with the number of universities per million inhabitants, excluding Lima

Without Lima
All householdsHouseholds comprising members with higher education
Variables(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)
Odds Ratios – variables of interest
ccdd_univ_pm1.019*** (.003) 1.019*** (.003)1.064 (.160)1.019*** (.008) 1.019*** (0.008).865 (.354)
ccdd_employment 16500.63*** (28099.76)12858.91*** (21430.55)26545.38*** (87638.4) 93.032 (372.544)61.370 (240.440)3.996 (32.337)
ccdd_univ_pm * ccdd_employment .956 (.151) 1.187 (.510)
Average Marginal Effects
ccdd_univ_pm.00034*** (.00005) .00034*** (.00005) .00038** (.00014) .00037* (.00014)
ccdd_employment .17368*** (.03066).16910*** (.02999) .08940 (.07838).08110 (.07664)
head_age−.00112*** (.00004)−.00112*** (.00004)−.00112*** (.00004) −.00186*** (.00015)−.00186*** (.00015)−.00185*** (.00015)
head_educ.00104*** (.00011).00106*** (.00011).00101*** (.00011) .00007 (.00035).00009 (.00035).00007 (.00035)
head_employment−.00843*** (.00118)−.00880*** (.00121)−.00867*** (.00122) −.00080 (.00420)−.00102 (.00420)−.00112 (.00420)
dep_ratio−.00815*** (.00154)−.00826*** (.00154)−.00830*** (.00154) −.00245 (.00537)−.00237 (.00539)−.00256 (.00537)
ln_income−.00077 (.00059)−.00073 (.00060)−.00088 (.00060) −.00060 (.00208)−.00053 (.00209)−.00061 (.00207)
ln_rent_expenditure.00110* (.00049).00118* (.00049).00117* (.00048) .00380* (.00153).00388* (.00153).00339* (.00154)
ccdd_rural.00122 (.00244)−.00825** (.00273)−.00593* (.00274) .00480 (.00758)−.00154 (.00814).00119 (.00815)
ccdd_water−.00006 (.00390)−.00067 (.00420)−.00276 (.00384) .00983 (.01030).01143 (.01121).00873 (.01021)
ccdd_crime−.02105** (.00680)−.01276 (.00658)−.01931** (.00667) .00470 (.01981).01374 (.01941).00591 (.01978)
Time FEYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Sample239,639239,639239,639239,63922,69922,69922,69922,699
Wald Test – Statistic111.04107.64107.20 23.5023.3522.40
Wald Test – Pvalue0.000.000.00 0.000.000.00
Sensitivity0.69810.56870.5870 0.71060.70500.7124
Specificity0.84020.81630.8045 0.83260.83840.8323
Correctly classified0.83680.81100.7999 0.82970.83520.8295
AUC0.69390.69250.6958 0.77160.77170.7724

Model estimation results with high-quality universities per million inhabitants

With LimaWithout Lima
All householdsHouseholds comprising members with higher educationAll householdsHouseholds comprising members with higher education
Variables(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)
Odds Ratios – variables of interest
ccdd_hquniv_pm1.00883 (.00551)1.76362* (.42924)1.02472 (.01415)3.15456 (1.93880)1.00679 (.00560)1.51493 (.39645)1.02565 (0.01474)2.17189 (1.39837)
ccdd_employment8489.087*** (11343.70000)334249.50*** (661539.80)10.67778 (37.84495)30282.80* (155374.50})21476.780*** (36577.700)153989.80*** (320713.90)276.35070 (1097.77899)13048.570 (66789.360)
ccdd_hquniv_pm ## ccdd_employment .55533* (.14235) .30605 (.19799) .65026 (.17918) 0.45388 (0.30737)
Average Marginal Effects
ccdd_hquniv_pm.00016 (.00010) .00050 (.00029) 0.00012 (0.00010) 0.00045 (0.00028)
ccdd_employment.15950*** (.02325) .04895 (.07272) 0.17839*** (0.02999) 0.11080 (0.07751)
head_age−.00119*** (.00049) −.00202*** (.00016) −0.00112*** (0.00004) −0.00186*** (0.00015)
head_educ.00080*** (.00012) −.00026 (.00040) 0.00106*** (0.00011) 0.00090 (0.00035)
head_employment−.00951*** (.00122) −.00129 (.00448) −0.00879*** (0.00122) −0.00113 (0.00420)
dep_ratio−.01195*** (.00165) −.01719** (.00552) −0.00381*** (0.00154) −0.00260 (0.00539)
ln_income−.00159** (.00061) −.00466* (.00198) −0.00075 (0.00060) −0.00060 (0.00208)
ln_rent_expenditure.00178** (.00052) .00731*** (.00184) 0.00119* (0.00048) 0.00371* (0.00155)
ccdd_rural−.00876** (.00273) .00125 (.00877) −0.00795** (0.00274) 0.00087 (0.00815)
ccdd_water.00394 (.00457) .02112 (.01335) 0.00172 (0.00384) 0.02108 (0.01346)
ccdd_crime−.01342* (.00652) .01529 (.02077) −0.01462** (0.00667) 0.00612 (0.02069)
Time FEYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Sample270.381270.38126.28526.285239.639239.63922.69922.699
Wald Test – Statistic79.98 27.00 101.92 22.15
Wald Test – Pvalue0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Sensitivity0.5506 0.6949 0.5656 0.7069
Specificity0.8239 0.8449 0.8161 0.8387
Correctly classified0.8182 0.8414 0.8108 0.8356
AUC0.6872 0.7699 0.6908 0.7728

Variance Inflation Factor

Variable(1) VIF (all population)(2) VIF (filtered & no Lima)(3) VIF (all population)(4) VIF (filtered & no Lima)
ccdd_univ_pm1.201.22
ccdd_hquniv_pm 1.481.44
head_age1.641.321.641.31
head_educ1.761.461.761.46
head_employment1.231.101.231.10
dep_ratio1.251.071.261.07
ln_income2.011.752.011.75
ln_rent_exp2.461.932.481.94
ccdd_rural2.531.942.441.90
ccdd_water1.781.812.322.36
ccdd_employment2.482.002.482.00
ccdd_crime1.471.381.511.38
year: 20161.861.811.871.81
year: 20171.871.791.871.80
year: 20181.961.861.981.88
year: 20191.941.831.931.82
year: 20202.892.542.882.51
year: 20212.471.902.472.10
year: 20222.071.862.031.84
Mean VIF2.001.742.051.78

Model estimation results with the number of universities per million inhabitants, including Lima

With Lima
All householdsHouseholds comprising members with higher education
Variables(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)
Odds Ratios – variables of interest
ccdd_univ_pm1.021*** (0.003) 1.018*** (.003)1.126 (.155)1.017*** (.007) 1.017*** (.007).737 (.285)
ccdd_employment 6049.902*** (7929.715)2766.937*** (3603.884)10918.55 ***(28106.05) 4.343 (15.010)1.943 (6.710).028 (.193)
ccdd_univ_pm ## ccdd_employment .899 (.130) 1.401 (.568)
Average Marginal Effects
ccdd_univ_pm.00036*** (.00005) .00031*** (.00005) .00035* (.00015) .00034* (.00015)
ccdd_employment .15353*** (.02278).13967*** (.02270) .03037 (.07113).01373 (.07124)
head_age−.00119*** (.00005)−.00120*** (.00005)−.00119*** (.00000) −.00202*** (.00016)−.00202*** (.00016)−.00202*** (.00016)
head_educ.00079*** (.00012).00080*** (.00012).00078*** (.00012) −.00029 (.00042)−.00027 (.00042)−.00029 (.00042)
head_employment−.00917*** (.00122)−.00952*** (.00122)−.00942*** (.00122) −.00122 (.00447)−.00135 (.00448)−.00123 (.00448)
dep_ratio−.01184*** (.00165)−.01191*** (.00165)−.01195*** (.00165) −.01725** (.00552)−.01713** (.00552)−.01726** (.00555)
ln_income−.0014* (0.0001)−.00156** (.00061)−.00164** (.00061) −.00460* (.00196)−.00458* (.00198)−.00463* (.00196)
ln_rent_expenditure.00156** (.00052).00182** (.00052).00187*** (.00052) .07461*** (.01883).00746*** (.00182).00749*** (.00182)
ccdd_rural.00261 (.00236)−.00949** (.00278)−.00809** (.00279) .00034 (.00757)−.00175 (.00888)−.00030 (.00895)
ccdd_water.00055 (.00399).00111 (.00416)−.00017 (.00385) .01053 (.01089).01227 (.01157).01042 (.01078)
ccdd_crime−.02467*** (.00631)−.01074 (.00617)−.01518* (.00615) .01689 (.01907).02306 (.01934).01782 (.01943)
Time FEYesYesYes YesYesYes
Sample270,381270,381270,381 26,28526,28526,285
Wald Test – Statistic85.8484.5084.34 28.5928.3527.14
Wald Test – Pvalue0.000.000.00 0.000.000.00
Sensitivity0.56190.55220.5684 0.69810.69490.6981
Specificity0.81840.82330.8131 0.84020.84540.8402
Correctly classified0.81300.81770.8079 0.83680.84180.8368
AUC0.69010.68770.6907 0.76910.77010.7691

Description of variables and descriptive statistics

VariableDescriptionSample MeanSample Std DevEstimated MeanEstimated Std Error
Dependent variable
migrantDichotomous variable that takes the value of 1 if the household has migrated to a different department, and 0 if it is not a migrant household0.0240.1520.0230.001
Main explanatory variables (Xji from the model shown previously)
ccdd_univ_pmNumber of university campuses per million inhabitants in the department where the household is located16.0768.03714.1590.075
ccdd_hquniv_pmNumber of high-quality university campuses per million inhabitants in the department where the household is located3.4544.9344.3280.055
Household characteristics (c1 from the model shown previously)
head_ageAge of the head of the household49.46313.67949.8940.148
head_educYears of education of the head of the household8.8584.8359.0890.050
head_employmentDichotomous variable that takes the value of 1 if the head of the household is employed, and 0 otherwise0.8680.3380.8490.004
dep_ratioDependence ratio between the number of unemployed and employed household members0.3560.2330.3450.002
ln_incomeYearly log-income (PEN)10.3510.78810.4520.008
ln_rent_expYearly rent log-expenditure (PEN). For households that do not pay rent or own their homes, we impute the estimated income that would be earned if the house were rented out7.6841.1557.9080.0127
Department characteristics (c2 from the model shown previously)
ccdd_ruralPercentage of people residing in rural areas in the destination department0.2570.1920.1980.003
ccdd_waterPercentage of people with access to public network water supply in the destination department0.8480.1050.8690.001
ccdd_employmentEmployment rate of the destination department0.9470.0270.9360.000
ccdd_crimePercentage of population older than 14 that have been the victim of a crime in the destination department0.2340.0760.2520.001

Odds ratio results for models with high quality universities per million inhabitants

With LimaWithout Lima
All householdsHouseholds comprising members with higher educationAll householdsHouseholds comprising members with higher education
Variables(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)
ccdd_hquniv_pm1.00883 (.00551)1.76362* (.42924)1.02472 (0.0141494)3.15456* (1.93880)1.00679 (0.00560)1.51493 (0.39645)1.02565* (0.01474)2.17189 (1.39837)
ccdd_employment8489.087*** (11343.700)334249.5*** (661539.8)10.67778 (37.84495)30282.8** (155374.5)21476.78*** (36577.7)153989.8*** (320713.9)276.35070 (1097.77900)13048.57* (66789.4)
ccdd_hquniv_pm ## ccdd_employment .55533* (.14235) 0.30605* (0.19799) 0.65026 (0.17918) 0.45381 (0.30737)
head_age.93448*** (.00214).93447*** (.00214)0.90709*** (0.00507)0.90693*** (0.00508)0.93909*** (0.00192)0.93906*** (0.00192)0.91011*** (0.00555)0.91001*** (0.00556)
head_educ1.04662*** (.00737)1.04634*** (.00737)0.98757 (0.02021)0.98673 (0.02247)1.06130*** (0.00553)1.06100*** (0.00553)1.00502 (0.01804)1.00430 (0.01806)
head_employment.58301*** (.03915).58398*** (.03924)0.93960 (0.20311)0.94607 (0.20493)0.61184*** (0.04066)0.61273*** (0.04073)0.94451 (0.20131)0.94982 (0.20163)
dep_ratio.50763*** (.04656).50728*** (.04652)0.43532*** (0.11345)0.43428*** (0.11303)0.62848*** (0.05364)0.62849*** (0.05361)0.87647 (0.23997)0.87721 (0.23988)
ln_income.91382** (.03161).91359 (.03160)0.79810** (0.07630)0.79699** (0.07602)0.95879 (0.03198)0.95835 (0.03196)0.96982 (0.10266)0.96767 (0.10273)
ln_rent_expenditure1.10481** (.03243)1.06715* (.02955)1.42479*** (0.12209)1.43050*** (0.12171)1.06519** (0.02927)1.06722** (0.02955)1.20685** (0.09287)1.21224** (0.09307)
ccdd_rural.60845** (.09474).59282** (.09174)1.06231 (0.45069)0.98286 (0.46769)0.64118*** (0.09856)0.64196*** (0.09818)1.00441 (0.41512)1.00690 (0.41240)
ccdd_water1.25070 (.32367)1.20696 (.31357)2.77830* (1.77982)2.66212* (1.70838)1.10064 (0.28926)1.07988 (0.28417)2.91389 (1.98477)2.82990 (1.92127)
ccdd_crime.46701* (.17386).50528 (.18790)2.09499 (2.08826)2.56419 (2.56214)0.44147** (0.17005)0.46980* (0.18132)1.36419 (1.42652)1.56543 (1.65093)
Time FEYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Sample270,381270,38126,28526,285239,639239,63922,69922,699
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2025-0049 | Journal eISSN: 2084-6118 | Journal ISSN: 0867-6046
Language: English
Submitted on: Mar 21, 2025
Accepted on: Oct 9, 2025
Published on: Apr 20, 2026
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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