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Untangling The Health Impacts Of Mexico - U.S. Migration, David Ortmeyer, Michael A. Quinn Jan 2018

Untangling The Health Impacts Of Mexico - U.S. Migration, David Ortmeyer, Michael A. Quinn

Economics Faculty Publications

Research has found that immigrant health has a tendency to decline with time spent in the United States. Using data from the Mexican Migration Project from 2007-2014, this paper is the first to test the impact of domestic and international migration on different types of health measures. Results find cumulative U.S. migration experience has a negative impact both on self-reported and objective health measures. By contrast, the number of trips to the United States and migrations made within Mexico impact individual’s self-assessment of their health but not objective health measures. The analyses suggest that differences in self-reported versus objective health …

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Under-Representation Of Hispanics In Gifted Education : A Look Across State Lines, Elena Andreadis, Michael A. Quinn Jan 2017

Under-Representation Of Hispanics In Gifted Education : A Look Across State Lines, Elena Andreadis, Michael A. Quinn

Economics Faculty Publications

This paper is the first to test a national panel data set of Hispanic enrollments in gifted education. Using data from 2002-2010, it is found that lower education budgets have a disproportionately negative impact on Hispanics and differences across states in learning disability programs may lower Hispanic gifted enrollments. Larger Hispanic student populations do not seem to be a significant factor across states, but have a negative effect within states over time. Graduating a high percentage of Hispanic students increases gifted program enrollments. Identification of students as learning disabled needs to be reexamined in the context of race/ethnicity as well. …

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The Impact On Health Of Recurring Migrations To The United States, David Ortmeyer, Michael A. Quinn Jul 2015

The Impact On Health Of Recurring Migrations To The United States, David Ortmeyer, Michael A. Quinn

Economics Faculty Publications

Considerable research has focused on whether or not immigrants’ health declines to match that of comparable native-born people. This immigrant health convergence is hypothesized to be driven by immigrants’ acculturation to American society and habits. This is particularly problematic for a country such as the United States which combines a high number of immigrants, bad health habits among the native born, and an expensive health care system. Previous research in this literature uses the duration of an immigrant’s current stay in the United States as the measure of exposure to acculturation. Using the duration of the immigrant’s current stay in …

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Oil, Corruption And Foreign Direct Investment, Luisa Melo, Michael A. Quinn Jan 2015

Oil, Corruption And Foreign Direct Investment, Luisa Melo, Michael A. Quinn

Economics Faculty Publications

This paper addresses how oil changes the corruption-foreign direct investment relationship. With the advantage of our panel data set, we are able to account for issues of endogeneity in the causality between foreign direct investment and corruption. We find that corruption has a negative impact on attracting foreign direct investment but this is mitigated based on the amount of oil the receiving country produces. Foreign direct investment inflows are found to reduce corruption in countries, but not if the receiving country is a major oil producer. Results show that poor countries without oil may be using institutional corruption to attract …

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Coyote Use, Migration Duration And Remittances, David Ortmeyer, Michael A. Quinn Oct 2012

Coyote Use, Migration Duration And Remittances, David Ortmeyer, Michael A. Quinn

Economics Faculty Publications

The migration of Mexican immigrants to the U.S. is one of the largest bilateral migration flows in the world and remittances from these immigrants represent a crucial source of income for Mexican households. As the United States tightens controls on illegal migration, this may impact both migration durations and remittances. Tighter borders increase crossing costs, often because migrants need to pay smugglers (coyotes). Using data from the Mexican Migration Project, we find that higher crossing costs increase the probability of remitting, the remittance rate and the duration of stay as undocumented workers pay off the crossing debt. If immigrants did …

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The Ties That Binds: Colonies , Culture And Education Among Immigrants, David Ortmeyer, Aaron Jackson, Michael A. Quinn Sep 2010

The Ties That Binds: Colonies , Culture And Education Among Immigrants, David Ortmeyer, Aaron Jackson, Michael A. Quinn

Economics Faculty Publications

There is concern among many policy makers of a dual problem: too many immigrants overall but not enough highly-skilled immigrants. Using recently available data we examine the factors which influence both the quantity and average educational level of immigrants in OECD countries in 1990 and 2000. We find that geographic proximity and former colonial relationships positively influence the overall number of immigrants but are negatively related to immigrants’ average educational level. By contrast, variables such as greater economic freedom, more generous asylum policies, and a common language and religion increase both the quantity and educational level of immigrants. More highly …

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Estimating The Impact Of Migration And Remittances On Agricultural Technology, Michael A. Quinn Oct 2009

Estimating The Impact Of Migration And Remittances On Agricultural Technology, Michael A. Quinn

Economics Faculty Publications

The rapid growth of international migration and remittances has led to a wealth of research examining these trends. One of these lines of research attempts to determine the relationship between migration, remittances and the adoption of “Green Revolution” high yield variety (HYV) seeds. This literature proposes that migration and remittances may increase HYV use by reducing household risk and credit constraints. Given the large scale of both migration and remittances, getting an accurate measurement of these impacts is crucial to designing and implementing policies in rural areas. This paper examines the relationship between migration, remittances and agricultural technology. The credit …

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Mexico's Labor Market : The Importance Of Education - Occupation Matching On Wages And Productivity In Developing Countries, Michael A. Quinn, Stephen Rubb Apr 2006

Mexico's Labor Market : The Importance Of Education - Occupation Matching On Wages And Productivity In Developing Countries, Michael A. Quinn, Stephen Rubb

Economics Faculty Publications

The positive impact of education on earnings , wages, economic growth is well documented, however the issue of education - occupation matching in developing countries has been largely ignored. Since workers 'level of schooling and their occupations ' required level of education both affect wages , policy makers may find it useful to note if such mismatch exist, if they impact wages, and if they can be avoided. Empirical results from Mexico suggest that in order to obtain the maximum economic benefits from increases in educational attainment levels, a developing country needs to take steps to assure increases in occupational …

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Remittances, Savings And Relative Rates Of Return, Michael A. Quinn Apr 2005

Remittances, Savings And Relative Rates Of Return, Michael A. Quinn

Economics Faculty Publications

This paper presents a model of migrant behavior in which remittances are treated as both a consumption transfer to households and as an alternative savings mechanism for migrants. This approach leads to the implication that migrants ' remittances/savings behavior should be affected by the relative rate of return on their savings and on the savings of their remittance receiving households. Statistical support for this hypothesis is found using data from Mexican workers in the United States. The paper finds this evidence using selectivity corrective remittance and savings equations. These results hold when the equations are estimated separately or jointly . …

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