One Border, Two Transitions
Mexican Migration to the United States as a Two-Way Process
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3756800 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steven S Zahniser (Economic Research Service, USDA), Steven Zahniser (Economic Research Service, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1350-1380 |
| Publication date | 1999-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00027649921954949 |
| OpenAlex | W2046549976 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 21 |
This article employs a unique logit model developed by Yamaguchi to study Mexican migration to the United States. The model contains interaction terms between the previous year's migration decision and key explanatory variables. This innovation allows for the differential measurement of the variables' influence on the Mexico-to-U.S. and the U.S.-to-Mexico transitions. Migration is found to be a persistent phenomenon for its participants. Legal residents of the United States and persons with more dependent children are inclined either to remain in the United States or to participate in migration year after year. Female migrants are less likely to return to Mexico, whereas married migrants tend to follow a year of migration with 1 or more years spent entirely in Mexico. Surprisingly, macroeconomic indicators of expected wage differentials between the two countries explain little of migration behavior
Demographic economics · Differential (mechanical device) · Econometrics · Economics · Geography · Human migration · Internal migration · Labour economics · Logistic regression · Logit · Phenomenon · Population · Sociology · Wage · Demography · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Medicine · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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Migración de retorno y experiencias de reinserción en la zona metropolitana de la Ciudad de México
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Undocumented Mexico—U.S. Migration and the Returns to Households in Rural Mexico
Return to Aztlan
Gendered Transitions
Illegal Migration from Mexico to the United States
Current Trends and Patterns of Female Migration
Push/Pull in Recent Mexican Migration to the U.S
Push/Pull in Recent Mexican Migration to the U.S
The Social Process of Undocumented Border Crossing among Mexican Migrants
Current Trends and Patterns of Female Migration
Determinants of English Proficiency among Mexican Migrants to the United States
Illegal Migration from Mexico to the United States
Determinants of English Proficiency among Mexican Migrants to the United States
The U.S. 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act and undocumented migration to the United States
Playing Cat and Mouse at the U.S.-Mexican Border
Economic opportunity in mexico and return migration from the United States
The Effect of Americanization on the Earnings of Foreign-born Men
What's Driving Mexico-U.S. Migration? A Theoretical, Empirical, and Policy Analysis
Overcoming Patriarchal Constraints
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2017 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |