Migration’s Effects on Origin and Destination Countries

The impact of immigrants in the United States has been the main subject of the debate on immigration policy. A subject less discussed in the United States is the impact that migration has on families and the economy of sending countries, such as Mexico. In this chapter, we summarize the evidence on...

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Hauptverfasser:	Emma Aguila, Alisher R. Akhmedjonov, Ricardo Basurto-Davila, Krishna B. Kumar, Sarah Kups, Howard J. Shatz
Format:	Buchkapitel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Applied sciences Behavioral sciences Business Business administration Children Economic disciplines Economics Education Employee compensation Engineering Estimated taxes Governance Government Human geography Human migration Human populations Human resources Immigrant populations Income distribution Income inequality Interpersonal relations Labor Labor economics Origin and destination Persons Political science Population education Population studies Psychology School age children Social networking Social psychology Social sciences Socioeconomics Specialized education Taxation Taxes Transportation Transportation studies Wages Workforce
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Zusammenfassung:	The impact of immigrants in the United States has been the main subject of the debate on immigration policy. A subject less discussed in the United States is the impact that migration has on families and the economy of sending countries, such as Mexico. In this chapter, we summarize the evidence on these two topics. In particular, we discuss the impact that migration has on wages in both countries, on the fiscal burden in the United States, and on household decisions, such as educational investment in Mexico. Other issues that are addressed are the impact that immigration has on economic