The labor market effects of Mexican repatriations: Longitudinal evidence from the 1930s
- 주제(키워드) Mexican repatriations , Great depression , Employment , Immigration , Railway
- 주제(기타) Economics
- 설명문(일반) [Lee, Jongkwan] Ewha Womans Univ, Dept Econ, 52 Ewhayeodae Gil, Seoul 03760, South Korea; [Peri, Giovanni] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Econ, 1153 Social Sci & Humanities, Davis, CA 95616 USA; [Peri, Giovanni] NBER, 1153 Social Sci & Humanities, Davis, CA 95616 USA; [Yasenov, Vasil] Stanford Univ, Immigrat Policy Lab, Encina Hall West,417 Galvez Mall, Stanford, CA 94305 USA; [Yasenov, Vasil] IZA, Encina Hall West,417 Galvez Mall, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
- 등재 SSCI, SCOPUS
- OA유형 Green Submitted, Green Published
- 발행기관 ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
- 발행년도 2022
- 총서유형 Journal
- URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ewha/000000190152
- 본문언어 영어
- Published As https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104558
초록/요약
We examine the consequences of a significant return-migration episode, during which at least 400,000 Mexicans returned to Mexico between 1929 and 1934, on U.S. workers' labor market outcomes. To iden-tify a causal effect, we instrument the county-level drop in Mexican population with the size of the Mexican communities in 1910 and its interaction with proxies of repatriation costs. Using individual-level linked Census data from 1930-1940, we find that Mexican repatriations resulted in reduced employment and occupational downgrading for U.S. natives. These patterns were stronger for low-skilled workers and for workers in urban locations. (c) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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