Documenting the Destinations, Characteristics and Remittance Behavior of International Migrants from Yucatán, Mexico: What is Known?

• In Event: 242 - Section on International Migration Roundtable Session (one-hour).
  In Refereed Roundtable: Table 07. Remittances

Abstract

As part of the changing geography of Mexican migration, the state of Yucatán is becoming one of the new sending areas of international migrants to the United States yet the attention it has received has been scant. Using data from the Mexican Migration Project, we detail the geographic flows of migration from Yucatán to the United States and detail the general socioeconomic characteristics of Yucatecan migrants. More broadly, we offer the Initial Family Investment Theory, a theoretical framework to better understand these new migrants’ remittance behavior.

Authors

• T. Elizabeth Durden, Bucknell University

• David Joseph Piacenti, Metropolitan State University-Denver