Using recent data from southern California and Mexico we challenge the notion that the demographic profile of post-1970 … Mexican migrants to the United States has remained constant. We find that more recent cohorts of migrants: (1) are more likely … educational attainment, (5) are increasingly likely to originate in southern Mexico and the Mexico City Metropolitan area, and (6 …

' motivations are not only altruistic but also self-interested. Given that migrants' remittances and their savings are important … significant effect on remittance flows from illegal migrants took place after the implementation of the IIRIRA. This is consistent … confirms previous research that conditions and policies in the host country affect migrants' remitting behaviour, and migrants …

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

Nearly a quarter of Mexico's workforce is self employed. In the United States, however, rates of self employment among … populations residing in Mexico and the U.S. accounts for the differences in the self employment rates in the two countries. Within …

combining data from multiple surveys, we create an integrated measure of volatility in available household resources, accounting …

Migration networks are usually captured by the number of people from the migrant?s country in the host region. Using …-village-specific variables on migrants? location choice. …

produce seasonality effects that differentially affect the composition of recent and earlier migrants, thereby changing …

Using a recent Spanish database, we show that remittances respond to cross country differences in portfolio values … we would expect given migrants' diverse backgrounds and motives for emigrating. Additionally, remitting patterns change … over time with the length of the migration spell, suggesting that remittances sent for portfolio motives become more likely …