Author : Prachi Mishra
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Emigration and Wages in Source Countries by : Prachi Mishra
Download or read book Emigration and Wages in Source Countries written by Prachi Mishra and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2006-03 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.