The review of economics and statistics, 2010-11, Vol.92 (4), p.811-821
2010
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- Titel
- Self-selection patterns in Mexico-US migration: The role of migration networks
- Ist Teil von
- The review of economics and statistics, 2010-11, Vol.92 (4), p.811-821
- Ort / Verlag
- Cambridge: MIT Press
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2010
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- This paper examines the role of migration networks in determining self-selection patterns of Mexico-U.S. migration. A simple theoretical framework shows the impact of networks on migration incentives at different education levels and how this affects the composition of migrant skills. Empirically, we find positive or education-neutral selection in communities with weak migrant networks but negative self-selection in communities with stronger networks. This is consistent with high migration costs driving positive or intermediate self-selection, as advocated by Chiquiar and Hanson (2005), and with negative self-selection being driven by lower returns to education in the United States than in Mexico, as advocated by Borjas (1987).
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0034-6535eISSN: 1530-9142DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00032Titel-ID: cdi_mit_journals_10_1162_REST_a_00032
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Analysis of Education I210, Bildungsniveau, Community structure, Economic Anthropology, Economic Sociology, Educational attainment, Emigrants, Emigration, Geographic Labor Mobility, Human Capital, Human migration, Immigrant Workers J610, International migration, Labor Productivity J240, Labour force, Labour migration, Labour mobility, Latin America, Mexicans, Mexico, Mexiko, Migrant, Migrant communities, Migration, Network analysis, Netzwerk, Occupational Choice, Point estimators, Population dynamics, Population education, Population migration, Rural populations, Skills, Social and Economic Stratification Z130, Soziale Beziehung, Spouses, Studies, U.S.A, USA