Migrant networks, migrant selection, and high school graduation in Mexico

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This paper examines whether family and community migration experience affect the probability of high school graduation in Mexico once unobserved heterogeneity is accounted for. Bivariate random effects dynamic probit models for cluster data are estimated to control for the endogeneity of education and migrant network variables. Correlation of unobservables across migration and education decisions as well as within groups of individuals such as the family are explicitly controlled for. Results show that migrant networks reduce the likelihood of high school graduation. Negative migrant selection is detected at the individual level while positive migrant selection is found at the family level.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 3204

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen ; International Migration
• Thema: Migration ; education ; migrant selection ; dynamic bivariate probit ; Migranten ; Bildungsniveau ; Soziales Netzwerk ; Bildungsverhalten ; Mexiko

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Miranda, Alfonso
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (wo): Bonn
• (wann): 2007

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/34949
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ