2007 U.S.-Mexico Binational Conference on Migration and Social Policy Research
Conference
A discussion with faculty and doctoral students on migration and social policy in Mexico
November 08, 2007 - November 09, 2007
Location: Weaver Center, UCSD
Open to: Public
Please click here for the conference agenda.
This conference is jointly sponsored with the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies.Scope of the Conference
Household survey data have become an essential tool for social policy research, including work on the dynamics of welfare use, the impact of social programs, and the evolution of poverty and inequality. Micro data are particularly useful for developing a better understanding of the connection between migration and family well-being and between migration and regional development. In Mexico, the Mexican Family Life Survey, the Mexican Migration Project, the Mexican Health and Aging Study, and the Mexico National Rural Household Survey are important examples of rich data sources on demographic, economic and social outcomes in Mexico.
The purpose of this conference is to assemble faculty and doctoral students from Mexico and the United States to present and discuss empirical research on migration and social policy in Mexico. Topics include:
- Selectivity of migration
- Migration and labor markets
- Migration and health
- Income and social inequality
- Rural and urban poverty
- Migration and living standards
- Remittances and family well-being
- Migration and social capital
- Migration and the well-being of stayers
- Return migration
