McKenzie, David Mckenzie; Rapoport, Hillel - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2007
This paper examines the role of migration networks in determining self-selection patterns of Mexico-U.S. migration. We …, but decreasing with education in communities with high migrant networks. This is consistent with positive self-selection … of migrants being driven by high migration costs, as advocated by Chiquiar and Hanson (2005), and with negative self-selection …