Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/295660 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
CReAM Discussion Paper Series No. 29/21
Publisher: 
Centre for Research & Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London, London
Abstract: 
As wages in migrant sending countries catch up with those in destinations, migrants adjust on several margins, including their duration of stay, the number of migrations they undertake, as well as the amount saved while abroad. This paper combines Mexican and U.S. data to estimate a dynamic model of consumption, emigration and re-migration, accounting for financial constraints. An increase in Mexican household earnings shortens migration duration, but raises the number of trips per migrant. For lower-income migrants, a rise in Mexican wages leads to a more than proportional effect on consumption expenditure in Mexico, arising from repatriated savings.
Subjects: 
migration duration
repeat migration
borrowing constraints
JEL: 
J61
D15
F22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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