Using recent data from southern California and Mexico we challenge the notion that the demographic profile of post-1970 … educational attainment, (5) are increasingly likely to originate in southern Mexico and the Mexico City Metropolitan area, and (6 …) are increasingly likely to depart from urban areas within Mexico. Although we find no direct evidence that the …

Since 1986 the United States has made considerable efforts to curb illegal immigration. This has resulted in an … immigrant women from Mexico relative to men as a result of higher migration costs: 1) A decrease in the relative flow of older …

It is argued that migration from Mexico to the US and its corresponding return migration are determined by … find that migration practically disappears if Mexico has American arrival rates while employed. Doubling migration costs …

The recent impetus of tougher immigration-related measures passed at the state-level raises concerns about the impact … unique survey of Mexican unauthorized immigrants interviewed upon their voluntary return or deportation to Mexico, almost a …

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 …

This paper uses a gravity model of migration to analyze how income differentials affect the flow of immigrants into U ….S. states using annual data from the American Community Survey. We add to existing literature by decomposing income … determinants of immigration. Models that include observations with zero flow values find that recent male immigrants respond to …