Data and Code for "Self-Employment and Migration: Evidence from Mexico"

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Alejandro Gutierrez-Li, North Carolina State University

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Project Citation:

Gutierrez-Li, Alejandro. Data and Code for “Self-Employment and Migration: Evidence from Mexico.” Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2022. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-04-27. https://doi.org/10.3886/E168403V1

Project Description

Summary:

Mexico has one of the highest self-employment rates in the OECD. I study the relationship between business ownership and migration from Mexico to the United States using longitudinal data from the Mexican Migration Project (MMP). I find that the self-employed have a substantially lower probability of moving north, either legally or illegally. Although running a business could allow a person to finance a costly trip to the US, it also raises the opportunity costs of leaving and the non-pecuniary benefits of staying at home. The findings highlight the role of self-employment in a developing country in the likelihood of emigration.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: Immigration; Entrepreneurship; Self-Employment; Mexico

JEL Classification:
      F22 International Migration
      J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
      J61 Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
      L26 Entrepreneurship

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