achieved by the Mexican-origin population in the United States. First, using Census data for U.S.-born youth ages 16-17 who … have at least one Mexican parent, we estimate how the Mexican identification, high school dropout rates, and English … extent and selectivity of ethnic attrition among second-generation Mexican-American adults and among U.S.-born Mexican …

generations of Mexican-origin men. I find that the sizable earnings advantage U.S.-born Mexican Americans enjoy over Mexican … increased returns to human capital for Mexican-origin workers who were born and educated in the United States. Even if we … fluency that occur between the second and third generations do not appear to raise the earnings of Mexican Americans any …

Using Census and CPS data, we show that U.S.-born Mexican Americans who marry non-Mexicans are substantially more … educated and English proficient, on average, than are Mexican Americans who marry co-ethnics (whether they be Mexican Americans … or Mexican immigrants). In addition, the non-Mexican spouses of intermarried Mexican Americans possess relatively high …