This paper analyzes the impact of remittances on child human capital in Mexico. During the 90’s and in particular after the “tequila crisis” Mexican workers increased the remittances that were sent to their homes from the United States. I will analyze the effect of such increasing source of...

This paper analyzes the impact of remittances on child human capital in Mexico. During the 90's and in particular after the "tequila crisis" Mexican workers increased the remittances that were sent to their homes from the United States. I will analyze the effect of such increasing source of...

In this paper we use household survey data to study the evolution of income distribution in Mexico over the last decade, a period of rapid integration to the global and North American economies -- "globalization" for short. We measure differences in income inequality, over time and across...