INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION OF ABILITIES AND SELF‐SELECTION OF MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS*
构建了一个移民与教育的代际自我选择模型，通过结构估计量化墨西哥第一代移民的牺牲及其对后代的影响，发现移民存在人力资本损失、正向能力选择，并评估了减少人才外流的社会政策效果。
This article presents an intergenerational self‐selection model of migration and education that is capable of explaining the evolution of earnings and education across three generations of immigrants. By structurally estimating the model, it is possible to quantify the sacrifices made by the first generation of Mexican immigrants for the benefits of future generations. In particular, the estimation results suggest that there is a significant one time loss of human capital of immigrants upon migration, that migrants are positively selected from the ability distribution, and that they transmit substantial human capital to their children. Finally, the model is used to evaluate the effects of social policies designed to reduce the “brain drain” from Mexico to the United States.