caa a22 4500 477055249 CHVBK 20180405111345.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960801xx s 000 0 eng 10.2307/2061767 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.2307/2061767 Lindstrom David Department of Sociology and Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University, Box 1916, 02912, Providence, RI aut Economic opportunity in mexico and return migration from the United States [Elektronische Daten] [David Lindstrom] I analyze the influence of the economic characteristics of origin area on trip duration for Mexican migrants in the United States. I argue that migrants from economically dynamic areas in Mexico with favorable opportunities for employment and small capital investment have a larger incentive to stay in the United States longer and to withstand the psychic costs of separation from family and friends than do migrants from economically stagnant areas in Mexico, where the productive uses of savings are severely limited. In line with this argument we should expect investment opportunities in migrants' origin areas to be associated positively with migrants' trip duration in the United States. To test this hypothesis I use individual- and household-level data on U.S migration experience collected in 13 Mexican communities. Evidence from parametric hazards models supports the idea that economic characteristics of origin areas influence the motivations and strategies of Mexican migrants in the United States. Population Association of America, 1996 Demography Springer-Verlag 33/3(1996-08-01), 357-374 0070-3370 33:3<357 1996 33 13524 https://doi.org/10.2307/2061767 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.2307/2061767 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Lindstrom David Department of Sociology and Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University, Box 1916, 02912, Providence, RI aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Demography Springer-Verlag 33/3(1996-08-01), 357-374 0070-3370 33:3<357 1996 33 13524 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer