Mexican Adolescent Migration to the United States and Transitions to Adulthood

Bibliographic Data

ID5742339
AuthorsRené Zenteno (El Colegio de la Frontera Norte), Silvia E Giorguli (0000-0003-4573-9389, El Colegio de México), Edith Gutiérrez (California University of Pennsylvania)
Year2013
Volume648
Issue1
Pages18-37
Publication date2013-07-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002716213481189
OpenAlexW2100975639
LanguageEN
Citations received25
References cited18

This article contributes to our understanding of how the motivation to migrate varies depending on the stage in the life course, particularly during the youth-to-adult transition. Using data from the Mexican Migration Project, we estimate discrete-time-hazard models of the probabilities of a first migration, using individual, household, community, and macroeconomic variables during and after adolescence for both men and women. We show that the determinants of migration are different for adolescents than they are for adults. While migration-related social capital has proved to be an important factor in increasing and perpetuating migration, we find that its effect is even stronger for teenagers than for other age groups. We also shed light on how adolescent migration is influenced by other major markers of the transition to adulthood, such as education, labor force experience, and family formation

Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Early adulthood · Economic growth · Economics · Hazard · Hazard model · Human capital · Life course approach · Political science · Social capital · Sociology · Young adult · Demography · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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