TY  - JOUR
AU  - Hanson, Gordon H
TI  - Emigration, Labor Supply, and Earnings in Mexico
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 11412
PY  - 2005
Y2  - June 2005
DO  - 10.3386/w11412
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w11412
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w11412.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Gordon H. Hanson
Harvard Kennedy School
Harvard University
79 John F. Kennedy St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
E-Mail: gordon_hanson@hks.harvard.edu
M1  - published as Gordon H. Hanson. "Emigration, Labor Supply, and Earnings in Mexico ," in George J. Borjas, editor, "Mexican Immigration to the United States" University of Chicago Press (2007)

AB  - In this paper, I examine changes in labor supply and earnings across regions of Mexico during the 1990s. I focus the analysis on individuals born in states with either high-exposure or low-exposure to emigration, as measured by historical data on state migration to the United States. During the 1990s, rates of external migration and interval migration were higher among individuals born in high-migration states. Consistent with positive selection of emigrants in terms of observable skill, emigration rates appear to be highest among individuals with earnings in the top half of the wage distribution. Controlling for regional differences in observable characteristics and for initial regional differences in earnings, the distribution of male earnings in high-migration states shifted to the right relative to low-migration states. Over the decade, average hourly earnings in high-migration states rose relative to low-migration states by 6-9%.
ER  -