Giovanni Peri and Coauthors Publish in the Journal of Public Economics

Last week, GMC director Giovanni Peri and coauthors published a paper examining the consequences on US workers of a significant return-migration episode during which at least 400,000 Mexicans returned to Mexico, between 1929 and 1934. They found that Mexican repatriations resulted in reduced employment and occupational downgrading of native workers. Furthermore, these patterns were stronger for low skilled workers and for workers in urban locations.

Read the full article here.