Immigrants and Cross-Border Workers in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17428/rfn.v27i53.97
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immigrants cross-border workers Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition United States Mexico

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Pedro Paulo Orraca Romano

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This article studies the differences between the Mexican-born population that resides and works in the U.S. border region and Mexican-born workers that live in Mexico but work in the United States. Immigrants and cross-border workers are compared in terms of their magnitude, socioeconomic characteristics, occupational structure and earnings. From 2000 to 2010, there was a significant increase in the number of immigrants in the U.S. border region and a substantial decline in the quantity of cross-border workers. Furthermore, immigrants are younger, more educated, more likely to be employed in high paying occupations, and have higher earnings than cross-border workers.

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Orraca Romano, P. P. (2015). Immigrants and Cross-Border Workers in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region. Frontera Norte, 27(53), 5–35. https://doi.org/10.17428/rfn.v27i53.97
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Vol. 27 No. 53 (2015): enero-junio, 2015
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