Heterogeneous Human Capital and Migration: Who Migrates from Mexico to the US?
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- Vincenzo Caponi, 2010. "Heterogeneous Human Capital and Migration: Who Migrates from Mexico to the us?," Annals of Economics and Statistics, GENES, issue 97-98, pages 207-234.
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Keywords
heterogeneous human capital; Mexico; migration; progresa;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
- J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2006-12-09 (Development)
- NEP-EDU-2006-12-09 (Education)
- NEP-HRM-2006-12-09 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
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