This study examines the effect of NAFTA, an instance of North-South trade liberalization, on returns to skill in Mexico …. Mexico is abundant in low-skill workers relative to the US and Canada, and so, by the Hecksher-Ohlin-Samuelson trade model …, NAFTA ought to have raised the relative earnings of low-skill workers, that is, lowered returns to skill in Mexico. Analysis …

This paper examines the relationship between trade liberalisation and migration in the case of Mexico. The increasing … bilateral trade between Mexico and the United States after signing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was supposed … for illegal migration. The results indicate that increasing trade flows cause larger illegal migration from Mexico to the …

This paper reviews recent Mexico-US migration patterns and US reactions to Mexican immigration, explores why there may … asymmetries in Mexico-US relations- the United States accepts immigrants from many nations, but virtually all Mexican emigrants …" mentality, especially in rural Mexico, so that, when Mexico experienced devaluations and economic shocks in the 1980s, many …

reductions under NAFTA, the results show that PCMs immediately decreased once the second round of trade liberalization in Mexico …