We use the 1990 and 2000 Mexican and US population censuses to test Borjas's negative-
selection hypothesis that the less skilled are those most likely to migrate from countries with …

This paper examines empirically the effect of Mexican emigration to the United States on
wages in Mexico using data from the Mexican and US censuses from 1970 to 2000. The …

In this paper, I selectively review recent literature on illegal migration from Mexico to the
United States. I begin by discussing methods for estimating stocks and flows of illegal …

There is concern that Hispanics have not mimicked the European immigrant experience of
great generational advance (Jeffrey Grogger and Stephen Trejo, 2002). Reasons for …

This paper examines the effect of tuition subsidy in the form of in‐state tuition to
undocumented students on the education of noncitizen Mexican young adults. The policy is …

In 2000 Census microdata, various outcomes of second-generation immigrants are related
to their parents' age at arrival in the United States, and in particular whether that age fell …

In recent decades, rapid growth of the US Hispanic population has raised concerns about
immigrant adaptation, including fertility. Empirical research suggests that Hispanics …

A critical issue facing US schools and one with broad social implication is the persistent
disparity in educational achievement between racial/ethnic groups. The achievement gap …

In this paper, we examine net emigration from Mexico over the period 1960 to 2000. The
data are consistent with labor supply shocks having made a substantial contribution to …

We investigate whether selective intermarriage and endogenous ethnic identification
interact to hide some of the intergenerational progress achieved by the Mexican-origin …