Self-selection of Mexican migrants in the presence of random shocks: Evidence from the Panic of 1907

David Escamilla-Guerrero and Moramay Lopez-Alonso

No wp-2019-23, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Using height as a proxy for physical productivity of labour, this paper estimates the selection of Mexican migration to the United States at the beginning of the flow (1906-08), and it exploits a natural experiment of history to evaluate the impact of random shocks on short-run shifts in selection into migration. The results suggest that the first Mexican migrants belonged to the upper ranks of the height distribution of the Mexican working class.

Keywords: Labour migration; Self-selection; International migration; Random shocks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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