What makes you go back home? Determinants of the duration of migration of Mexican immigrants in the United States
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 proportion...
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International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG)
2018
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