Political Dissidence and International Migration in Mexico (1990-2000)

• In Event: The Push/Pull Factors: Why People Migrate

Brief Overview

Using subnational data from Mexico, we show that during the 1990s political violence and repression against the left played a role in motivating emigration to the US.

Authors

• Clarisa Perez-Armendariz, Bates College

• Ana Isabel Lopez Garcia, University of Konstanz