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Mexican Migration to the US. Edition No. 1
VDM Publishing House, Aug 2008, Pages: 92
Studies on Mexican migration to the US differ as to
whether immigrants are drawn from the bottom or the
top of the education distribution of Mexico. This
book presents evidence that shows that in the year
1994, Mexican males age 25 to 58 were drawn
disproportionately from the middle-to-upper end of
the Mexican education distribution. The book also
shows that the expected US-Mexico wage differential
explains partially this fact, because this
differential is the highest for Mexicans with medium
levels of education. Then, it also explores the
possibility that a differential value in family
support to the unemployed could explain the lower
propensity to migrate observed in the less educated.
The book also explores whether the return migration
of Mexicans in the US to Mexico can explain the lower
propensity to migrate. It shows that the larger
return rates observed among the less educated are
potentially explained by higher savings and a
stronger preference for consumption in Mexico
relative to the more educated. The book is intended
for people interested in Migration and Economics
including researchers, students and policy makers.
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