Engines of immigration : Stocks of human and social capital in Mexico
Engines of immigration : Stocks of human and social capital in Mexico
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移民的引擎：墨西哥的人力和社会资本存量
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2000
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D. Massey
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Julie A. Phillips;D. Massey
我们试图衡量可供墨西哥移民使用的特定于移民的人力和社会资本存量，并量化其在促进向外移民到美国方面的作用。我们使用墨西哥移民项目的数据来衡量墨西哥西部去过美国的人、与过去移民到美国的人有社会联系的人，以及在调查时与居住在美国的人有社会联系的人的比例。我们发现，该地区40%的户主--以及所有劳动年龄人口的20%--一生中至少来过美国一次。此外，25%的户主有直系亲属目前居住在美国；61%的大家庭成员住在边境以北；37%的人表示在调查时认识美国的朋友。总而言之，墨西哥西部73%的户主与居住在边境以北的人有社会关系，至少81%的人认识有美国经验的人。这些广泛的人力和社会资本存量导致墨西哥人一生中向外移民的可能性非常高，并表明即使移民的经济压力减少，移民到美国的可能性也可能会继续
We seek to measure stocks of migration-specific human and social capital available to Mexican immigrants and to quantify their effect in promoting out-migration to the United States. We use data from the Mexican Migration Project to measure the share of people in western Mexico who have been to the U.S., who are socially connected to someone who has migrated to the U.S. in the past, and who are socially connected to someone living in the U.S. at the time of the survey. We find that 40% of household heads from this region - and 20% of all persons of labor force age - have been to the United States at least once in their lives. In addition, 25% of household heads have an immediate family member currently living in the United States; 61% have a member of their extended family living north of the border; and 37% report knowing a friend in the U.S. at the time of the survey. All told, 73% of household heads in western Mexico are socially connected to someone living north of the border, and 81% at least know someone with U.S. experience. These extensive stocks of human and social capital lead to very high probabilities of out-migration over the course of a Mexican's life and suggest that migration to the United States may continue even as economic pressures to migrate diminish