Emigration and Wages in Source Countries Evidence from Mexico

Author/creator Mishra, Prachi Author
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Publication InfoWashington : International Monetary Fund
Description16 p.
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Summary Annotation This paper empirically examines the effect on wages in Mexico of Mexican emigration to the United States, using data from the Mexican and United States censuses from 1970-2000. the main result in the paper is that emigration has a strong and positive effect on Mexican wages. There is also evidence for increasing wage inequality in Mexico due to emigration. Simple welfare calculations based on a labor demand-supply framework suggest that the aggregate welfare loss to Mexico due to emigration is small. However, there is a significant distributional impact between labor and other factors.
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