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Return Migration to Mexico: Does Health Matter?

Author(s): Arenas, Erika; Goldman, Noreen; Pebley, Anne R; Teruel, Graciela

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dc.contributor.authorArenas, Erikaen_US
dc.contributor.authorGoldman, Noreenen_US
dc.contributor.authorPebley, Anne Ren_US
dc.contributor.authorTeruel, Gracielaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-17T14:14:05Z-
dc.date.available2016-10-17T14:14:05Z-
dc.date.issued2015-12en_US
dc.identifier.citationArenas, Erika, Goldman, Noreen, Pebley, Anne R, Teruel, Graciela. "Return Migration to Mexico: Does Health Matter?" Demography, (6), 52, 1853 - 1868, doi:10.1007/s13524-015-0429-7en_US
dc.identifier.issn0070-3370en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pr1qs3x-
dc.description.abstractWe use data from three rounds of the Mexican Family Life Survey to examine whether migrants in the United States returning to Mexico in the period 2005–2012 have worse health than those remaining in the United States. Despite extensive interest by demographers in health-related selection, this has been a neglected area of study in the literature on U.S.-Mexico migration, and the few results to date have been contradictory and inconclusive. Using five self-reported health variables collected while migrants resided in the United States and subsequent migration history, we find direct evidence of higher probabilities of return migration for Mexican migrants in poor health as well as lower probabilities of return for migrants with improving health. These findings are robust to the inclusion of potential confounders reflecting the migrants’ demographic characteristics, economic situation, family ties, and origin and destination characteristics. We anticipate that in the coming decade, health may become an even more salient issue in migrants’ decisions about returning to Mexico, given the recent expansion in access to health insurance in Mexico.en_US
dc.format.extent1853 - 1868en_US
dc.relation.ispartofDemographyen_US
dc.titleReturn Migration to Mexico: Does Health Matter?en_US
dc.typeJournal Article-
dc.identifier.doidoi:10.1007/s13524-015-0429-7en_US
dc.date.eissued2015-09-18en_US
dc.identifier.eissn1533-7790en_US

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