Mexican Adolescent Migration to the United States and Transitions to Adulthood

This article contributes to our understanding of how the motivation to migrate varies depending on the stage in the life course, particularly during the youth-to-adult transition. Using data from the Mexican Migration Project, we estimate discrete-time-hazard models of the probabilities of a first m...

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Published in:The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 2013-07, Vol.648 (1), p.18-37
Main Authors: ZENTENO, RENÉ, GIORGULI, SILVIA E., GUTIÉRREZ, EDITH
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescence
Adolescents
Adulthood
Adults
Age
Age Groups
Communities
Cultural Capital
Determinants
Education
Family
Females
Households
Human migration
Labor force
Labor Migration
Life Stage Transitions
Marriage and Family Education
Men
Mexican Americans
Mexico
Migration
Migration in the Context of Transitions to Adulthood: Schooling, Employment and Family Formation
Motivation
Social Capital
Spouses
Teenagers
U.S.A
Youth
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Summary:This article contributes to our understanding of how the motivation to migrate varies depending on the stage in the life course, particularly during the youth-to-adult transition. Using data from the Mexican Migration Project, we estimate discrete-time-hazard models of the probabilities of a first migration, using individual, household, community, and macroeconomic variables during and after adolescence for both men and women. We show that the determinants of migration are different for adolescents than they are for adults. While migration-related social capital has proved to be an important factor in increasing and perpetuating migration, we find that its effect is even stronger for teenagers than for other age groups. We also shed light on how adolescent migration is influenced by other major markers of the transition to adulthood, such as education, labor force experience, and family formation.
ISSN:0002-7162
1552-3349
DOI:10.1177/0002716213481189