Previous study by Card and Lewis (2005) has found (puzzling) that inflows of Mexican immigrants into "new" metropolitan … areas have had no effect on the relative wages of very low-skill (high school dropouts). Rather, Mexican workers do affect … considers variations across occupations. Recognizing that Mexican immigrants are highly occupationally clustered …

Mexican and US Censuses, and use the calibrated model for policy evaluation. I evaluate the long run effect of the Progresa … to school at lower grades, the Mexican government will improve the educational distribution of future generations and …