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International migration and development in Mexican communities

J Durand¹, W Kandel, E A Parrado

¹Departamento de Estudios sobre los Movimientos Sociales, Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco. jdurand@fuentes.csh.udg.mx

|May 1, 1996

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International migration can foster development by enabling productive investment, challenging the view that it solely creates dependency. This study identifies conditions for migrant savings and remittances to fuel community growth.

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Area of Science:

Development Studies
Economics
Sociology

Background:

Traditional views link international migration to dependency and underdevelopment in origin communities.
Migrant earnings are often assumed to be spent on consumption, with little directed towards productive investment.
This perspective overlooks crucial factors influencing the potential for profitable investment of migrant funds.

Purpose of the Study:

To challenge the conventional understanding of migration's economic impact on sending communities.
To analyze the determinants of migrants' savings and remittance decisions.
To identify conditions fostering productive investment of repatriated earnings.

Main Methods:

Analysis of determinants of savings and remittance decisions.
Inclusion of variables at individual, household, community, and macroeconomic levels.
Identification of factors influencing productive investment of U.S. earnings in Mexico.

Main Results:

The study identifies specific conditions under which migrant earnings are repatriated.
Factors influencing the channeling of remittances and savings into productive investments are highlighted.
The research provides a nuanced view beyond the dependency-creation narrative.

Conclusions:

International migration can be a catalyst for development, not just dependency.
Understanding the conditions for productive investment is key to leveraging migration for economic growth.
Policy and community-level interventions can encourage the productive use of migrant capital.