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Migration and Financial Constraints: Evidence from Mexico

Angelucci, Manuela - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Using data collected for the evaluation of the rural component of Oportunidades, Mexico's flagship anti-poverty program …

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U.S. Border Enforcement and Mexican Immigrant Location Choice

Bohn, Sarah; Pugatch, Todd - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We provide the first evidence on the causal effect of border enforcement on the full spatial distribution of Mexican immigrants to the United States. We address the endogeneity of border enforcement with an instrumental variables strategy based on administrative delays in budgetary allocations...

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Old-Age Government Transfers and the Crowding Out of Private Gifts: The 70 and Above Program for the Rural Elderly in Mexico

Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Juarez, Laura - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

elderly in Mexico for whom family support is an important source of income. Using data from the Mexican Income and Expenditure …

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The Impact of the 1996 US Immigration Policy Reform (IIRIRA) on Mexican Migrants' Remittances

Vaira-Lucero, Matias; Nahm, Daehoon; Tani, Massimiliano - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

This paper investigates the effect of the US Illegal Immigrant Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA) on the remitting patterns of Mexican immigrants. Using data from the Mexican Migration Project (MMP128), we find that a significant effect on remittance flows from illegal...

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Does Expanding Health Insurance Beyond Formal-Sector Workers Encourage Informality? Measuring the Impact of Mexico's Seguro Popular

Aterido, Reyes; Hallward-Driemeier, Mary; Pagés, Carmen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Seguro Popular (SP) was introduced in 2002 to provide health insurance to the 50 million Mexicans without Social Security. This paper tests whether the program has had unintended consequences, distorting workers' incentives to operate in the informal sector. The analysis examines the impact of...

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Concept and Unintended Consequences of Weather Index Insurance: The Case of Mexico

Fuchs, Alan; Wolff, Hendrik - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

mainly focused on many cases in Africa and Asia, in this article we analyze the WII program in Mexico, which is one of the … uninsured poor. We also suggest that in Mexico the thresholds of the weather index be (continuously) re-calibrated in order to …

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Cognitive Development and Infectious Disease: Gender Differences in Investments and Outcomes

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Venkataramani, Atheendar - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Mexico in 1991 to investigate impacts of infant exposure on indicators of cognitive development and academic achievement in …

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How Do Tougher Immigration Measures Impact Unauthorized Immigrants?

Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Puttitanun, Thitima; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

unique survey of Mexican unauthorized immigrants interviewed upon their voluntary return or deportation to Mexico, almost a …

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North-South Technology Diffusion, Regional Integration, and the Dynamics of the "Natural Trading Partners" Hypothesis

Schiff, Maurice; Wang, Yanling - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

Korea, Mexico and Poland. Using industry-level data, we show that i) technology diffusion and productivity gains tend to be … regional: Korea (Mexico) (Poland) benefits mainly from trade with Japan (North America) (the EU); and ii) the dynamic version … of the "natural trading partners" hypothesis seems to hold for Korea and Mexico though not necessarily for Poland. …

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Wage Differentials and Mobility in the Urban Labor Market: A Panel Data Analysis for Mexico

Gong, Xiaodong; van Soest, Arthur - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

We analyze wage differentials mobility between the formal and informal sector in urban Mexico, using panel data on five … quarters drawn from Mexico’s Urban Employment Survey. We develop a dynamic random effects panel data model. It consists of two …

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