Do minimum wages help explain declining Mexico-U.S. migration?
This paper finds that minimumwagesof the United States and Mexicomeasured carefully in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) help explain the well-documented post-2010 fall in Mexico-U.S.migration. Declining inequality also plays a role since the purchasing power of the minimum wage increased relative to th...
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Published in | Migraciones internacionales Vol. 12; no. 12 |
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Abstract | This paper finds that minimumwagesof the United States and Mexicomeasured carefully in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) help explain the well-documented post-2010 fall in Mexico-U.S.migration. Declining inequality also plays a role since the purchasing power of the minimum wage increased relative to the average wage in Mexico. Using time-series data,we find two positive partial correlations between minimum wages and net migration: one driven by wage differentials between the two countries and the other by wage inequality in Mexico. However, these results are found to be mediated through migrantsocial networks. Though relative wages are a classic migration driver,this paper is the first to explore the full minimum-average wagenexus. One clear policy implication of these results is that maintaining the real purchasing power of minimum wages helps reducemigration.An in-depth analysis is needed to demonstrate the causality of these correlations.
Este artículo encuentraque los salarios mínimos de México y EE. UU., medidos en Paridad de Poder de Compra (PPC), contribuyeron a la reducción de la emigración de mexicanos a EE. UU.después del año 2010.La disminución de la desigualdad observada en México también juega un papel en esta migración, debidoalos aumentos en el poder adquisitivo del salario mínimo relativos al salario promedio en México. Utilizando datos de series de tiempo, se muestra la existencia de dos correlaciones parciales positivas entre el salario mínimo y la tasa de migración neta, víalos diferenciales salarialesentre los dos paísesy víala desigualdad salarialen México. Sin embargo, estos resultados son mediados por la existencia deredes sociales migratorias. Este artículo contribuye al análisis clásico de la relación entre la migración y los diferenciales salariales, al ser el primero en explorar todos los vínculos del salario mínimo. Estos resultados resaltan la importancia del poder adquisitivo de los salarios mínimos para detener la emigración, aunque se necesitan análisis más profundos para demostrar la causalidad de las correlaciones encontradas. |
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AbstractList | This paper finds that minimum wages of the United States and Mexico measured carefully in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) help explain the well-documented post-2010 fall in Mexico-U.S. migration. Declining inequality also plays a role since the purchasing power of the minimum wage increased relative to the average wage in Mexico. Using time-series data, we find two positive partial correlations between minimum wages and net migration: one driven by wage differentials between the two countries and the other by wage inequality in Mexico. However, these results are found to be mediated through migrant social networks. Though relative wages are a classic migration driver, this paper is the first to explore the full minimum-average wage nexus. One clear policy implication of these results is that maintaining the real purchasing power of minimum wages helps reduce migration. An in-depth analysis is needed to demonstrate the causality of these correlations. This paper finds that minimumwagesof the United States and Mexicomeasured carefully in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) help explain the well-documented post-2010 fall in Mexico-U.S.migration. Declining inequality also plays a role since the purchasing power of the minimum wage increased relative to the average wage in Mexico. Using time-series data,we find two positive partial correlations between minimum wages and net migration: one driven by wage differentials between the two countries and the other by wage inequality in Mexico. However, these results are found to be mediated through migrantsocial networks. Though relative wages are a classic migration driver,this paper is the first to explore the full minimum-average wagenexus. One clear policy implication of these results is that maintaining the real purchasing power of minimum wages helps reducemigration.An in-depth analysis is needed to demonstrate the causality of these correlations. Este artículo encuentraque los salarios mínimos de México y EE. UU., medidos en Paridad de Poder de Compra (PPC), contribuyeron a la reducción de la emigración de mexicanos a EE. UU.después del año 2010.La disminución de la desigualdad observada en México también juega un papel en esta migración, debidoalos aumentos en el poder adquisitivo del salario mínimo relativos al salario promedio en México. Utilizando datos de series de tiempo, se muestra la existencia de dos correlaciones parciales positivas entre el salario mínimo y la tasa de migración neta, víalos diferenciales salarialesentre los dos paísesy víala desigualdad salarialen México. Sin embargo, estos resultados son mediados por la existencia deredes sociales migratorias. Este artículo contribuye al análisis clásico de la relación entre la migración y los diferenciales salariales, al ser el primero en explorar todos los vínculos del salario mínimo. Estos resultados resaltan la importancia del poder adquisitivo de los salarios mínimos para detener la emigración, aunque se necesitan análisis más profundos para demostrar la causalidad de las correlaciones encontradas. |
Author | Cuecuecha, Alfredo Fuentes-Mayorga, Norma McLeod, Darryl |
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