Estimation of the causal effect of parental migration on children's educational attainment is complicated by the fact … siblings' ages at the time of parental migration. The basic assumption underlying the analysis is that parental migration will … educations. Their younger siblings, in contrast, may still be in school, and thus will be affected by the parental migration …

the volume of remittances to the Latin American region. This paper studies how a generalized amnesty - a provision in the … country of origin, we estimate substantial post-legalization drops in remittances sent home by Mexican-born migrants who … legalized through IRCA. Given the potential positive impact of remittances on investment levels, entrepreneurship rates and the …

estimation of these linkages is also shown to matter for gauging the sensitivity of remittances to economic conditions in the … home country, and hence the extent to which remittances might buffer domestic shocks as well as transmitting external ones. …

) on the remitting patterns of Mexican immigrants. Using data from the Mexican Migration Project (MMP128), we find that a …' motivations are not only altruistic but also self-interested. Given that migrants' remittances and their savings are important … of the effect that migration policies have on remittance flows can lead to more informed policies that can transcend the …

position in comparison to those at home, stimulate the economic situation of the sending countries through remittances and rise …

-country business cycle model of labor migration and remittances. The model matches the cyclical dynamics of unskilled migration and … documents the insurance role of remittances in consumption smoothing. Over the cycle, immigration increases with the expected … stream of future wage gains, but it is dampened by a sunk emigration cost. Migration barriers slow the adjustment of the …

We consider the issue of illegal migration from Mexico to the US, and examine whether the lack of legal status causally … legal and illegal migration, and the resulting financial flows. We formalize this question and highlight the principal …, and test linearity. Using Mexican Migration project data, we find considerable and robust illegality effects on wages, the …

then illustrate the consequences both types of temporary migration have for migrants' behaviour (as opposed to a permanent … migration). If migrations are non-permanent, then this has also consequences for the way empirical models need to be specified … with permanent migration intentions. …

proportions in EB-2 and EB-3 sent remittances than in the cohort overall. (6) A little measure of assimilation - using dollars to …

This paper uses the approach in the under/over education literature to analyze the extent of matching of educational …