Wage Shocks and North American Labor-Market Integration Academic Article

abstract

• This study uses household-level data from the United States and Mexico to examine labor-market integration. I consider how the effects of shocks and rates of convergence to an equilibrium differential are affected by borders, geography, and demographics. I find that even though a large wage differential exists between them, the labor markets of the United States and Mexico are closely integrated. Mexico's border region is more integrated with the United States than is the Mexican interior. Evidence of integration precedes the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and may be largely the result of migration. (JEL F15, F20, J61)

authors

• Robertson, Raymond

published proceedings

• American Economic Review

altmetric score

• 6.7

author list (cited authors)

• Robertson, R.

citation count

• 56

complete list of authors

• Robertson, Raymond

publication date

• September 2000

publisher

• American Economic Association  Publisher

published in

• The American Economic Review  Journal

keywords

• 38 Economics
• 3801 Applied Economics
• 3802 Econometrics

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1257/aer.90.4.742

start page

• 742

end page

• 764

volume

• 90

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.90.4.742