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Title: The Earnings of Self-Employed Mexican Immigrants on the US-side of the Mexican Border: The Effect of Working in the US versus Mexico

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Publication Year: 2004

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Abstract: This study utilizes US decennial census data from the year 2000 toanalyze the earnings of self-employed Mexican immigrants whoreside in a metropolitan area along the US-Mexico border. Theempirical results indicate that Mexican entrepreneurs in US bordercities who primarily operate in Mexico tend to experience asignificant earnings premium over their entrepreneurial and salariedcounterparts working on the US side of the border, even aftercontrolling for differences in observable characteristics. This worklocationearnings gap widens when focusing exclusively on Mexicanbusiness owners lacking US citizenship. It follows that policies whichrestrict labor movements across the US-Mexico border mayinadvertently dampen the earnings of self-employed Mexicanimmigrants residing in the US.

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Authors: Mora, Marie T.

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Publication Number: 2004-23

Institution: Center for Border Economic Studies

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Publisher Location: The University of Texas-Pan American

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration

Countries: Mexico, United States