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In this paper, we use data from the Mexico and U.S. population censuses to examine who migrates from Mexico to the United States and how the skills and economic performance of these individuals compare to those who remain in Mexico. We test Borjas' negative-selection hypothesis that in poor...
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In this paper, we use data from the Mexico and U.S. population censuses to examine who migrates from Mexico to the United States and how the skills and economic performance of these individuals compare to those who remain in Mexico. We test Borjas' negative-selection hypothesis that in poor...
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We use the 1990 and 2000 Mexican and U.S. population censuses to test Borjas's negative-selection hypothesis that the …
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(positive selection) and more-educated migrants are more likely to settle in destination countries with high rewards to skill … simple model of income maximization can account for both phenomena. Results on selection show that migrants for a source …-destination pair are more educated relative to non-migrants the larger is the absolute skill-related difference in earnings between the …
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(positive selection) and more-educated migrants are more likely to settle in destination countries with high rewards to skill … simple model of income maximization can account for both phenomena. Results on selection show that migrants for a source …-destination pair are more educated relative to non-migrants the larger is the absolute skill-related difference in earnings between the …
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