IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/anname/v610y2007i1p98-118.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Borders for Whom? The Role of NAFTA in Mexico-U.S. Migration

Author

Listed:
  • Patricia Fernández-Kelly

    (Department of sociology and Office of Population Research at Princeton University)

  • Douglas S. Massey

    (Princeton University; American Academy of Political and Social Science)

Abstract

In this article, the authors first give attention to main factors that resulted in the passage of NAFTA and subsequently investigate Mexican migration to the United States during roughly the same period that the bilateral treaty has been in effect. At the center of the relationship between economic liberalization and immigration is the paradox of increasing capital mobility and attempts at controlling more tightly the movement of immigrant workers. Although immigration from Mexico has remained flat over the past ten years, the Mexican population in the United States has grown rapidly, partly as a result of the unanticipated effects of harsh immigration policies since 1986. Prior to that date, Mexicans engaged in cyclical movements, but as security measures became harsher, especially in the 9/11 period, more immigrants and their families settled in the United States hoping to avert the dangers of exit and reentry. This analysis shows the slanted function of borders that have become permeable for capital but increasingly restrictive for immigrants.

Suggested Citation

  • Patricia Fernández-Kelly & Douglas S. Massey, 2007. "Borders for Whom? The Role of NAFTA in Mexico-U.S. Migration," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 610(1), pages 98-118, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:610:y:2007:i:1:p:98-118
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716206297449
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0002716206297449
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/0002716206297449?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Donald W. Light, 2007. "Globalizing Restricted and Segmented Markets: Challenges to Theory and Values in Economic Sociology," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 610(1), pages 232-245, March.
    2. David Harvey, 2007. "Neoliberalism as Creative Destruction," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 610(1), pages 21-44, March.
    3. Jon Shefner, 2007. "Rethinking Civil Society in the Age of NAFTA: The Case of Mexico," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 610(1), pages 182-200, March.
    4. Gary Clyde Hufbauer & Jeffrey J. Schott, 1992. "North American Free Trade: Issues and Recommendations," Peterson Institute Press: All Books, Peterson Institute for International Economics, number 71, January.
    5. Gan, Jie, 2004. "Banking market structure and financial stability: Evidence from the Texas real estate crisis in the 1980s," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 73(3), pages 567-601, September.
    6. Alejandro Portes, 2007. "Migration, Development, and Segmented Assimilation: A Conceptual Review of the Evidence," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 610(1), pages 73-97, March.
    7. Miguel Angel Centeno, 2007. "Liberalism and the Good Society in the Iberian World," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 610(1), pages 45-72, March.
    8. Tim Campbell & Sara Freedheim, 1994. "PRONASOL in Principle: Basic Features and Significance of Mexico's Solidarity Program," Reports _016, World Bank Latin America and the Caribean Region Department.
    9. Thomas J. Trebat, 1991. "The Banking System Crisis In Latin America," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 9(1), pages 54-66, January.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Paul K. Gellert, 2007. "From Managed to Free(r) Markets: Transnational and Regional Governance of Asian Timber," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 610(1), pages 246-259, March.
    2. Festus Ebo Turkson, 2012. "Trade Agreements and Bilateral Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa: Estimating the Trade Effects of the EU-ACP PTA and RTAs," Discussion Papers 12/07, University of Nottingham, CREDIT.
    3. Kao-Lee Liaw & Lei Xu, 2013. "Changes in Wage Distributions of Wage Earners in Canada: 2000-2005," Quantitative Studies in Economics and Population Research Reports 451, McMaster University.
    4. Bo Liu & James D. Shilling & Tien Foo Sing, 2020. "Large Banks and Efficient Banks: how Do they Influence Credit Supply and Default Risk?," Journal of Financial Services Research, Springer;Western Finance Association, vol. 57(1), pages 1-28, February.
    5. Beck, Thorsten & De Jonghe, Olivier & Schepens, Glenn, 2013. "Bank competition and stability: Cross-country heterogeneity," Journal of Financial Intermediation, Elsevier, vol. 22(2), pages 218-244.
    6. Matthijs Bal & Andy Brookes, 2022. "How Sustainable Is Human Resource Management Really? An Argument for Radical Sustainability," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(7), pages 1-14, April.
    7. Alan Xiaochen Feng, 2018. "Bank Competition, Risk Taking, and their Consequences: Evidence from the U.S. Mortgage and Labor Markets," IMF Working Papers 2018/157, International Monetary Fund.
    8. Nick Bernards, 2019. "Tracing mutations of neoliberal development governance: ‘Fintech’, failure and the politics of marketization," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 51(7), pages 1442-1459, October.
    9. Lilit Popoyan, 2020. "Macroprudential Policy: a Blessing or a Curse?," Review of Economics and Institutions, Università di Perugia, vol. 11(1-2).
    10. McKinley, Terry, 2023. "Challenges posed by the Global Development trajectory from 2022 to 2030," Documentos de Proyectos 48886, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
    11. Schüwer, Ulrich & Gropp, Reint E. & Noth, Felix, 2016. "What drives banks' geographic expansion? The role of locally non-diversifiable risk," VfS Annual Conference 2016 (Augsburg): Demographic Change 145885, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
    12. Raghuram Rajan & Rodney Ramcharan, 2015. "The Anatomy of a Credit Crisis: The Boom and Bust in Farm Land Prices in the United States in the 1920s," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 105(4), pages 1439-1477, April.
    13. Castilho, Marta Reis, 2004. "Integração regional e conteúdo de trabalho do comércio exterior brasileiro," Oficina de la CEPAL en Brasilia (Estudios e Investigaciones) 37924, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
    14. Michael Koetter & Mr. Tigran Poghosyan & Thomas Kick, 2010. "Recovery Determinants of Distressed Banks: Regulators, Market Discipline, or the Environment?," IMF Working Papers 2010/027, International Monetary Fund.
    15. Visser, Hans & Herpt, Ingmar van, 1994. "Financial liberalization and financial fragility : the experiences of Chile and Indonesia compared," Serie Research Memoranda 0056, VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Econometrics.
    16. Nalin, Lorenzo & Pérez Caldentey, Esteban & Rojas Rodríguez, Leonardo, 2023. "A critical assessment of macroprudential regulation and comparative regional experiences focusing on Latin America and the Caribbean," Documentos de Proyectos 48887, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
    17. Ferdaous Bahri & Taher Hamza, 2020. "The Impact of Market Power on Bank Risk-Taking: an Empirical Investigation," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 11(3), pages 1198-1233, September.
    18. Marian Negoita, 2014. "Globalization, state, and innovation: An appraisal of networked industrial policy," Regulation & Governance, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 8(3), pages 371-393, September.
    19. Mr. Ayhan Kose & Mr. Roberto Cardarelli, 2004. "Economic Integration, Business Cycle, and Productivity in North America," IMF Working Papers 2004/138, International Monetary Fund.
    20. James Love & Francisco Lage-Hidalgo, 2000. "Analysing the determinants of US direct investment in Mexico," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(10), pages 1259-1267.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:610:y:2007:i:1:p:98-118. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.