The labor market effects of Mexican repatriations: Longitudinal evidence from the 1930s

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Lee, Jongkwan; Peri, Giovanni; Yasenov, Vasil
• 署名单位: Ewha Womans University; University of California System; University of California Davis; National Bureau of Economic Research; Stanford University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104558
• 发表日期: 2022
• 关键词: Mexican repatriations; Great Depression; EMPLOYMENT; immigration; Railway

摘要

We examine the consequences of a significant return-migration episode, during which at least 400,000 Mexicans returned to Mexico between 1929 and 1934, on U.S. workers' labor market outcomes. To iden-tify a causal effect, we instrument the county-level drop in Mexican population with the size of the Mexican communities in 1910 and its interaction with proxies of repatriation costs. Using individual-level linked Census data from 1930-1940, we find that Mexican repatriations resulted in reduced employment and occupational downgrading for U.S. natives. These patterns were stronger for low-skilled workers and for workers in urban locations. (c) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.