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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Görlach, Joseph-Simon

Titel

Borrowing Constraints and the Dynamics of Return and Repeat Migration

Ist Teil von

• Journal of labor economics, 2023-01, Vol.41 (1), p.205-243

Ort / Verlag

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• As wages in migrant-sending countries catch up with those in destinations, migrants adjust on several margins, including their duration of stay, the number of migrations they undertake, and the amount saved while abroad. This paper combines Mexican and US data to estimate a dynamic model of consumption, emigration, and remigration, accounting for financial constraints. An increase in Mexican household earnings shortens migration duration but raises the number of trips per migrant. For lower-income migrants, a rise in Mexican wages leads to a more than proportional effect on consumption expenditure in Mexico, arising from repatriated savings.