This study examines the effect of NAFTA, an instance of North-South trade liberalization, on returns to skill in Mexico …. Mexico is abundant in low-skill workers relative to the US and Canada, and so, by the Hecksher-Ohlin-Samuelson trade model …, NAFTA ought to have raised the relative earnings of low-skill workers, that is, lowered returns to skill in Mexico. Analysis …

migrants from Mexico, as well as from other Latin American countries, U.S. immigration policy can have a significant impact on …

This paper documents how the structure of extended family networks in rural Mexico relates to the poverty and …

employment in Brazil, Mexico and South Africa, distinguishing between dependent and independent workers. For each country, we use …-employment carries a premium in Mexico. In contrast, the upper-tier segment is marginal in South Africa, and informal workers, both …

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

Mexico. We use rich datasets that allow us to define informality in a relatively comparable fashion across countries. We …

Progresa social assistance program in rural Mexico. We exploit information on the paternal and maternal surnames of household …

extended family. Using data from the PROGRESA program in Mexico, we exploit information on the paternal and maternal surnames …