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Mexican immigration to the United States
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The article was published on 1969-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 218 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Immigration.read more
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Going Back Home? Changing Demography and Geography of Mexican Return Migration
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the demographic characteristics of returnees in the context of tighter border control and rising levels of forced return migration and find that particularly attractive destinations for returnees are border cities, prosperous communities and growing metropolitan areas.
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The Geography of Undocumented Mexican Migration.
TL;DR: It is shown that emigration has moved beyond its historical origins in west-central Mexico into the central region and, to a lesser extent, the southeast and border regions, and in the United States, traditional gateways continue to dominate, but a variety of new destinations have emerged.
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What is the Contribution of Mexican Immigration to U.S. Crime Rates? Evidence from Rainfall Shocks in Mexico
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify a causal effect of Mexican immigration on crime using an instrument that leverages temporal variation in rainfall in different regions in Mexico as well as persistence in regional Mexico-U.S migration networks.
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Declining Return Migration From the United States to Mexico in the Late-2000s Recession: A Research Note
TL;DR: This debate over return migration from the United States to Mexico increased substantially, remained unchanged, or declined slightly in response to the 2008–2009 U.S. recession and fall 2008 global financial crisis is addressed using microdata from 2005 through 2009 from a large-scale, quarterly Mexican household survey.
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Knowledge and Empire: The Social Sciences and United States Imperial Expansion
TL;DR: The relationship between the social sciences in the U.S. and the formation of empire is explored in this article, where the authors argue that the peculiar way the United States has established a global presence during the 20th century by establishing a commercial empire rather than territorially-based colonies has generated on the part of state and corporation an unusual interest in the knowledge produced by social scientists.