skip to main content
Idioma:

Intergenerational transmission of abilities and self-selection of Mexican immigrants

Caponi, Vincenzo

International economic review (Philadelphia), 2011-05, Vol.52 (2), p.523-547 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Malden, USA: Blackwell Publishing Inc

Texto completo disponível

Citações Citado por
  • Título:
    Intergenerational transmission of abilities and self-selection of Mexican immigrants
  • Autor: Caponi, Vincenzo
  • Assuntos: Berufswahl ; Brain drain ; Children ; Covariance matrices ; Economic models ; Educational attainment ; Einkommensverteilung ; Generationenbeziehung ; Human capital ; Human migration ; Humankapital ; Mexikaner ; Migrant ; Migration ; Modeling ; Noncitizens ; Parametric models ; Parents ; Positive selection ; Social policy ; Studies ; Unit costs ; USA
  • É parte de: International economic review (Philadelphia), 2011-05, Vol.52 (2), p.523-547
  • Notas: istex:2CAAC83CE35DD7CD028FA7EB0DC7E7CDD0A444B1
    Manuscript received September 2007; revised June 2009.
    ark:/67375/WNG-0K97JKHR-X
    ArticleID:IERE637
    vcaponi@ryerson.ca
    I am particularly grateful to Audra Bowlus and Lance Lochner for all their support and useful suggestions. I also thank Adalbert Mayer for providing me with advice and help to develop this article. Participants at seminars at Rochester, particularly Ronni Pavan, McMaster, and at the Society for Economic Dynamics Annual Meeting in Istanbul also provided useful comments and suggestions. The referee process has been very helpful and I thank three anonymous referees for this. Please address correspondence to: Vincenzo Caponi, Department of Economics‐Faculty of Arts, Reyerson University, 350 Victoria street, Toronto, ON, M5B 2K3, Canada. Phone: 417 979 500 (ext 6187). fax: 416 598 5916. Email
  • Descrição: This article presents an intergenerational self-selection model of migration and education that is capable of explaining the evolution of earnings and education across three generations of immigrants. By structurally estimating the model, it is possible to quantify the sacrifices made by the first generation of Mexican immigrants for the benefits of future generations. In particular, the estimation results suggest that there is a significant one time loss of human capital of immigrants upon migration, that migrants are positively selected from the ability distribution, and that they transmit substantial human capital to their children. Finally, the model is used to evaluate the effects of social policies designed to reduce the "brain drain" from Mexico to the United States.
  • Editor: Malden, USA: Blackwell Publishing Inc
  • Idioma: Inglês
Links
Voltar para lista de resultados

  • Realização: ABCD-USP USP   Logos de Redes Sociais: Freepik

Buscando em bases de dados remotas. Favor aguardar.