Showing 1 - 10 of 5,421
activity in Mexico is measured using regional coincident indexes recently developed at Banco de México, while US aggregate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322545
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262427
The current economic slowdown in the United States and the decline in remittance growth to some Latin American countries have intensified the interest in the relationship between these variables. We investigate whether host country conditions affect remittance outflows to Latin America, focusing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281244
This paper examines the relationship between trade liberalisation and migration in the case of Mexico. The increasing … bilateral trade between Mexico and the United States after signing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was supposed … for illegal migration. The results indicate that increasing trade flows cause larger illegal migration from Mexico to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011422132
This paper studies the effects of remittances from the U.S. on child labor and school attendance in recipient Mexican households. We identify these effects using the impact of the 2008-2009 U.S. recession on remittance receipts. The methodology employed is a differences-in-differences strategy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322610
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267337
This paper investigates the effect of the US Illegal Immigrant Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA) on the remitting patterns of Mexican immigrants. Using data from the Mexican Migration Project (MMP128), we find that a significant effect on remittance flows from illegal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282214
The paper evaluates the political and economic incentives to conclude the EU-Mexico Free Trade Agreement (FTA). It … the EU is likely to gain much more than Mexico. … EU und Mexiko bewertet. Dafür werden die europäische und mexikanische Handelspolitik analysiert und der multilaterale …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295609
's academic performance using the case of Mexico. In general, access to free health insurance could improve education outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322549
During the last years, Mexico has registered relatively large output falls. The business cycle accounting method of … Chari, Kehoe and McGrattan (2007) is applied to the two most recent recessions in Mexico (including the 'Tequila crisis') in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322576