Julian Arteaga

Position Title

Past Graduate Student

Agricultural and Resource Economics

Julian studies how land distribution patterns and land markets affect agricultural productivity and how land markets in developing countries determine labor decisions.

Content by Julian Arteaga

Mexican migration flows and agricultural labor markets in the U.S.

Author(s)

Ashish Shenoy and Julian Arteaga

Publication Date

June 26, 2023

Using information on migratory flows for every Mexican municipality-US county pair throughout the 2006--2019 period, this paper estimates the effect that variations in Mexican migration flows have on U.S. agricultural labor-market outcomes. We instrument for migration-driven changes in local labor supply using a shift-share variable that combines Mexican municipality-level violence rates with preexisting migration network patterns. Our estimates show that, in the short run, decreasing migration rates induce agricultural firms to employ a larger number of indirectly-hired workers, to increase the number of H-2A seasonal worker visas requested, and to pay higher average wages to directly-hired farm workers.

Declining Mobility among Mexican-Born Workers in the US Labor Force

Author(s)

Julian Arteaga and Ashish Shenoy

Publication Date

June 19, 2023

Geographic mobility is a key component of labor supply elasticity. In this paper we document a reversal in the relative migration elasticity of Mexican-born workers in the U.S. In 2000–2010, Mexican immigrants’ choice of location within the U.S. was more responsive to local economic conditions than that of native-born Americans, with the gap expanding over the decade. This pattern subsequently reversed, and by 2020 native-born workers had a greater internal migration elasticity than their Mexican-born counterparts. This reversal is unique to immigrants of Mexican origin and not explained by the occupational or demographic composition of the Mexican-born labor force.

Mexican migration flows and agricultural labor markets in the U.S

May 19, 2022

Andrews Room 2203

Julian Arteaga

Position Title Past Graduate Student

Julian Arteaga's content

Mexican migration flows and agricultural labor markets in the U.S.

Declining Mobility among Mexican-Born Workers in the US Labor Force

Mexican migration flows and agricultural labor markets in the U.S

Position Title

Past Graduate Student