An Analysis of Mexican Remigration To The U.S

David Molina, R. Todd Jewell
1970 Journal of business strategies  
This paper presents an analysis of Mexican migrants to the U.S. and theirdecisions to remigrate. We concentrate on the relative impacts of market and nonmarketfactors such as income, remittances, and migration networks. We analyze theremigration decision of male, illegal migrants using data from the Mexican MigrationProject. Current migration proposals are geared towards policy that would allowfor some type of temporary workers. The empirical model presented here allowsfor a comparison of the
more » ... lative impacts of market and non-market factors on thedecision to choose among different remigration options. The results indicate thatincome, remittances, and migration networks have significant effects on the remigrationdecisions of male, undocumented migrants.
doi:10.54155/jbs.26.1.55-72 fatcat:jyfxv24inbfbfgs627a3muv2bq