This paper examines the role of migration networks in determining self-selection patterns of Mexico-U.S. migration. We … Mexico, we then show that the probability of migration is increasing with education in communities with low migrant networks …-selection of migrants being driven by lower returns to education in the U.S. than in Mexico, as advocated by Borjas (1987). …

This paper examines the role of migration networks in determining self-selection patterns of Mexico-U.S. migration. We … Mexico, we then show that the probability of migration is increasing with education in communities with low migrant networks …-selection of migrants being driven by lower returns to education in the U.S. than in Mexico, as advocated by Borjas (1987). …

welfare and wage data from Mexico, this note shows that it is easier for safety nets to offset the impact of risk on wage …Income variablity reduces social welfare if individuals are risk averse, and it is likely to increase inequality if … inequality than on welfare. This is because apart from its impact on inequality, risk reduces the certainty equivalent income of …

This paper examines the effect of international migration on the welfare of family members left behind at the origin … provides a new unified framework that generates testable predictions of whether migration increases non-migrants' welfare in … terms of both consumption and leisure time. Drawing on household panel data in rural Mexico, I find that migration increases …

In 1997, the Comisión Reguladora de Energía of Mexico implemented a netback rule for linking the Mexican natural gas … government to use the netback rule based on the Texas price of gas to set the price of natural gas in Mexico even though the …

This paper compares the evolution of income (GDP per capita) with utility derived welfare indices for two Mexican … regions from 1992-2000. A methodology is proposed based on implicit true standard of living indices. Results show that welfare … posing three questions: how well aggregate income measures reflect welfare, the role of CPI as a cost of living index, and …