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Title: Migration Networks and Mexican Migrants’ Spatial Mobility in the U.S.

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Publication Year: 2017

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Abstract: Mexican low-skilled migrants are found to be highly mobile when they face labor demand shocks. This paper examines the role of migration networks in Mexican-born immigrants’ loca- tion choices. We rely on the sizable variation in labor demand declines across states during the Great Recession to identify migration responses to demand shocks and use a novel set of data, the Matrícula Consular de Alta Seguridad (MCAS) data, to construct migration network mea- sures. We find that migration networks indeed play an important part in Mexican migrants’ responsiveness to local demand shocks.In particular, migrants respond to local economic con- ditions and conditions in network-connected locations when making location decisions.

Url: https://economicdynamics.org/meetpapers/2018/paper_196.pdf

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Authors: Cadena, Brian, C; Kovak, Brian, K; Lessem, Rebecca; Li, Shan

Publisher: University of Colorado Boulder

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration

Countries: United States