What makes you go back home? Determinants of the duration of migration of Mexican immigrants in the United States
Abstract This paper examines the optimal migration duration of Mexican immigrants in the USA using individual-level data from the Mexican Migration Project (MMP). A simple theoretical model rationalizes the decision of the migrant to return to Mexico, despite higher wages in the USA. I use the Cox p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2018-02-01
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| Series: | IZA Journal of Development and Migration |
| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40176-017-0108-0 |