Mexican Immigration to the United States: Continuties and Changes

This research note examines continuities & changes in the profile of Mexican migration to the US using data from Mexico's Encuesta Nacional de la Dinamica Demografica, the US Census, & the Mexican Migration Project. Our analysis generally yields a picture of stability over time. Mexico-...

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Published in:Latin American research review 2001-01, Vol.36 (1), p.107-127
Main Authors: Durand, Jorge, Massey, Douglas S, Zenteno, Rene M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Immigration
Males
Mexico
Migration Patterns
Return Migration
Stability
United States of America
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Summary:This research note examines continuities & changes in the profile of Mexican migration to the US using data from Mexico's Encuesta Nacional de la Dinamica Demografica, the US Census, & the Mexican Migration Project. Our analysis generally yields a picture of stability over time. Mexico-US migration continues to be dominated by the states of Western Mexico, particularly Guanajuato, Jalisco, & Michoacan, & it remains a movement principally of males of labor-force age. As Mexico has urbanized, however, out-migration has come to embrace urban as well as rural workers; & as migrant networks have expanded, the flow has become less selective with respect to education. Perhaps the most important change detected was an acceleration in the rate of return migration during the early 1990s, reflecting the massive legalization of the late 1980s. 4 Tables, 46 References. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0023-8791