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International migration and the gender wage gap

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  • Raymundo M. CAMPOS-VASQUEZ

    (El Colegio de Mexico, Centro de Estudios Economicos)

  • Jaime LARA

    (Universidad de Monterrey, Division de Negocios)

Abstract

This article analyzes the effect of international migration on the wage gap between women and men who remain in Mexico. We use historical distance to the U.S. border over early twentieth-century railroad networks as an exogenous factor causing changes in the relative supply of men and women, due to predominately male migration. A 10% decrease in the relative labor supply of men tends to increase the wage gap between women and men by approximately 1.1 percentage points, suggesting that they are not perfect substitutes. However, the results imply a greater elasticity of substitution between men and women than that suggested by previous studies.

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  • Raymundo M. CAMPOS-VASQUEZ & Jaime LARA, 2021. "International migration and the gender wage gap," JODE - Journal of Demographic Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 87(2), pages 213-232, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ctl:louvde:v:87:y:2021:i:2:p:213-232
    DOI: 10.1017/dem.2020.11
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    Keywords

    Gender gap; Labor demand; Mexican migration;
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    JEL classification:

    • J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
    • J82 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Labor Force Composition
    • O54 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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