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 …

We present estimates of the effect of legal immigration status on earnings of undocumented workers. Our contribution to … estimate the effect of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) on immigrants' labor market outcomes using a triple …

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 …

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 …' motivations are not only altruistic but also self-interested. Given that migrants' remittances and their savings are important …

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

a unique dataset that links border crossing histories from illegal Mexican migrants to aggregate enforcement and … drugs, the demand for border smugglers is however price elastic. We also show that illegal migrants have switched from …

migrants from Mexico, as well as from other Latin American countries, U.S. immigration policy can have a significant impact on … 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), affected immigrants' remitting patterns. In models that control for … country of origin, we estimate substantial post-legalization drops in remittances sent home by Mexican-born migrants who …

Since 1986 the United States has made considerable efforts to curb illegal immigration. This has resulted in an … likely to be kidnapped, smuggled, or raped when crossing illegally. If migration costs are not the same for all migrants … immigrant women from Mexico relative to men as a result of higher migration costs: 1) A decrease in the relative flow of older …

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. …

on the migrant?s decision of where to migrate. Moreover, the significance and size of the effects vary according to the …