migrants from Mexico, as well as from other Latin American countries, U.S. immigration policy can have a significant impact on … the volume of remittances to the Latin American region. This paper studies how a generalized amnesty - a provision in the … country of origin, we estimate substantial post-legalization drops in remittances sent home by Mexican-born migrants who …

We consider the issue of illegal migration from Mexico to the US, and examine whether the lack of legal status causally …

' motivations are not only altruistic but also self-interested. Given that migrants' remittances and their savings are important … home security aspects that often dominate discussions about illegal migration. -- remittances ; legal status ; uncertainty … ; policy reform ; illegal migrants ; Mexico ; migration policy …

the analysis of the effects of paternal migration and remittances on the children left behind. First, it can give rise to …

terms of both consumption and leisure time. Drawing on household panel data in rural Mexico, I find that migration increases … improves left-behinds' welfare through two different channels: (i) migrants' remittances exceed their forgone income …

households with and without health care coverage. -- Remittances ; health care ; household expenditures ; Mexico …Using Mexico's 2002 wave of the Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y Gastos de los Hogares (ENIGH), we find that … international remittances raise health care expenditures. Approximately 6 pesos of every 100 peso increment in remittance income are …

A sizable literature has concluded that remittances impact the expenditure patterns of households. We explore how the …