Variance decompositions of the Mexico-United States real exchange rate are examined using monthly data on consumer … tradable goods and nominal exchange rates holds only in periods in which Mexico was not under a regime of exchange …-rate management. In periods in the sample in which Mexico had a managed exchange-rate regime, the variability of prices of non …

regions of the United States and Mexico. The U.S. Border Patrol polices U.S. boundaries, seeking to apprehend any individual … southern California, southwestern Texas, and Mexican cities on the U.S.-Mexico border. For each region, we have high …) immigration from Mexico has a minimal impact on wages in U.S. border cities …

We argue that greater misallocation is a key driver of the worse management practices in Mexico compared to the US … greater misallocation in Mexico is the weaker size-management relationship compared to the US, particularly in the highly …

propagate across the border with Mexico. We show that the large exogenous decline in US employment brought about by the Great … communities. These findings document the effects in Mexico when potential migrants lose access to a strong US labor market …

battery recycling to Mexico and on infant health in Mexico. In the U.S., airborne lead dropped sharply near affected plants …, most of which were battery-recycling plants. Exports of used batteries to Mexico rose markedly. In Mexico, production …

matched at the barcode-level across the United States and Mexico. We estimate that the Mexican real consumption relative to …

bottom of the skill distribution in Mexico …

In this paper, I selectively review recent literature on illegal migration from Mexico to the United States. I begin by … United States and Mexico are hardly a new phenomenon, yet illegal migration from Mexico did not reach high levels until … recently. An increase in the relative size of Mexico's working-age population, greater volatility in U.S.-Mexico relative wages …