Economics & Business Faculty Work
Title
The Impact of Return Migration to Mexico
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2008
Publication Title
Estudios Económicos
Volume Number
23
Issue Number
1
Abstract
Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans leave their country each year for the United States. Almost half these migrants return to Mexico within twelve months. Using a sample of working-aged males from (MxFLS) we find that being a return migrant affects the probability of employment. In states along the US border return migrants are less likely to be employed and those in the Central and Capital areas more likely. But these effects disappear when we correct for the fact that factors that determine migration also affect employment.
ISSN
0188-6916
First Page
3
Last Page
23
Recommended Citation
Gitter, Seth R.; Gitter, Robert J.; and Southgate, Douglas, "The Impact of Return Migration to Mexico" (2008). Economics & Business Faculty Work. 7.
https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/econ_pubs/7
Link Out URL
https://www.jstor.org/stable/40311536