Self-Selection Among Undocumented Immigrants from Mexico

Orrenius, Pia M.; Zavodny, Madeline

doi:10.2139/ssrn.263538

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“…Orrenius and Zavodny (2005) show that undocumented immigrant flows are highly responsive to changes in the returns to migration. They model the migration decision as a function of "push" and "pull" factors (those that cause people to leave a location versus those that attract them), finding that U.S. based pull factors are important to lower-skilled immigrants.…”

Section: Immigration and Magnetsmentioning

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Minimum wages, earnings, and migration

Boffy-Ramirez

2013

IZA J Migration

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Does increasing a state's minimum wage induce migration into the state? Previous literature has shown mobility in response to welfare benefit differentials across states, yet few have examined the minimum wage as a cause of mobility. Focusing on low-skilled immigrants, this paper empirically examines the effect of minimum wages on location decisions within the United States. This paper expands upon minimum wage and immigration literatures by demonstrating that the choice of destination is sensitive to minimum wage changes, and that the effects are highly dependent on the number of years an immigrant has resided in the U.S. JEL classification codes: J15, J61

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Section: Immigration and Magnetsmentioning

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Minimum wages, earnings, and migration

Boffy-Ramirez

2013

IZA J Migration

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“…Finally, cognitive dissonance might occur, which means that people report a poverty situation that is consistent with their past behaviour (Bertrand and Mullainathan 2001). Additionally, the retrospective assessment of poverty could be subject to recall bias, since people may have difficulties to remember the past situation (Orrenius and Zavodny 2005). Note finally, that people assess personal well-being and living conditions from a comparative viewpoint, i.e.…”

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Seasonal Migration and Networks—Evidence on Moldova’s Labour Exodus

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Trebesch

2008

Rev. World Econ.

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Abstract: Seasonal migration is an ever more important phenomenon worldwide, but has received little attention in empirical research. This paper investigates the choice of seasonal versus longer-term migration on a household level. We use data from Moldova, a country that is witnessing a massive emigration shock. Surprisingly, neither children nor marital status appear to influence the decision to leave seasonally or for longer periods. This suggests high social and emotional costs of emigration. We also find that existing local networks of seasonal migrants are unrelated to permanent migration choice. Generally, networks appear to have a stronger influence on migration probabilities in urban settings. JEL no. F22, J61, O15 Terms of use: Documents in EconStor may

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“…Orrenius and Zavodny (2005) find that unauthorized Mexican immigrants to the United States are neither uneducated nor highly educated; they have above-average education for Mexico but below-average education from a U.S. perspective. Unauthorized Mexican immigrants in the U.S. also tend to be related to other unauthorized immigrants already in the country, which suggests that unauthorized immigrants follow family networks, not unlike many legal immigrants.…”

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Unauthorized Immigration

Bodvarsson¹,

Berg²

2013

The Economics of Immigration

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One of the results of the clash between immigration policies and economic incentives is unauthorized immigration. There is no accurate data on unauthorized immigration, but estimates permit some empirical work. The motives for immigrants to enter the destination country without formal authorization are the same as those that lead immigrants to seek legal entry, and the static labor market model of immigration can be used to explain the flows of unauthorized immigrants. There are additional factors to consider, however. Unauthorized immigrants do not normally enjoy the same civil rights as legal immigrants, so the potential rewards from immigrating are unlikely to be the same for legal and unauthorized immigrants. There are other interesting questions, such as why so many destination countries implicitly accept substantial numbers of unauthorized immigrants, even though their formal laws and regulations call for their strict punishment and expulsion. Unfortunately, we have few answers.If the migrants run into some new … wall, they will simply go around it. Or over it. Or under it. Mexicans will show as much ingenuity in getting into the United States as Americans would in breaking into British Columbia if the Canadian minimum wage were $70 an hour. 1

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Self-Selection Among Undocumented Immigrants from Mexico

Cited by 57 publications

References 32 publications

Minimum wages, earnings, and migration

Minimum wages, earnings, and migration

Seasonal Migration and Networks—Evidence on Moldova’s Labour Exodus

Unauthorized Immigration

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