Pollution as one of the Determinants of Migration: Evidence for Mexico

Héctor González García (), José de Jesús Salazar Cantú () and Raymundo Cruz Rodríguez Guajardo ()
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Héctor González García: Candidato a doctor en Ciencias Sociales por el Tecnológico de Monterrey, campus Monterrey. Monterrey, N.L. Mexico
José de Jesús Salazar Cantú: Profesor de planta, Departamento de Economía, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (itesm), campus Monterrey. Monterrey, N.L. Mexico.
Raymundo Cruz Rodríguez Guajardo: Profesor de planta, Departamento de Economía, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (itesm), campus Monterrey. Monterrey, N.L. Mexico.

Economía Mexicana NUEVA ÉPOCA, 2012, vol. XXI, issue 1, 69-92

Abstract: Different variables have been proposed to explain the migration phenomenon; recently, environmental degradation has been increasingly prevalent in the literature as a determinant of migration. According to Jha and Whalley (2003), the environment-migration relationship can be theoretically demonstrated using the traditional Harris-Todaro (1970) model of rural and urban migration, in which the unemployment variable, if interpreted as damage, can be replaced by pollution. Using a cross-section model we present, in this study, evidence for Mexico to support Jha and Whalley, finding a positive relationship between migration and pollution.

Keywords: migration; pollution; Mexico; Harris-Todaro. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J61 Q52 Q56 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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