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Title: Changes in Occupational Earnings along the US-Mexico Border between 1900 and 1920

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2005

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Abstract: Despite quantitative evidence that cities along the U.S.-Mexico border experienced an economic boom in the early 1900s, the empirical findings based on U.S. Census data in the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series indicate that on average, occupational income on the U.S.-side of the border declined relative to the U.S.-interior between 1900 and 1920. Further evidence suggests that this decline only partly related to the relative shift toward agriculture that occurred along the U.S.-Mexico border during that time. The development of a border earnings penalty in the presence of local economic growth suggests that such growth does not represent a sufficient condition to improve the overall socioeconomic conditions of American cities located on the Mexican border.

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Authors: Mora, Marie T.

Periodical (Full): Journal of Economic Issues

Issue: 4

Volume: 39

Pages: 1043-1059

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration, Race and Ethnicity

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