Abstracts of Papers Presented at the Annual Meeting
研究了1910至1990年间墨西哥移民的教育和工资变化，发现移民教育优势随时间减弱，工资相对下降，交通成本降低、墨西哥裔聚居区扩大和Bracero计划降低了移民技能水平，而1917年识字测试和墨西哥革命提高了技能水平。
This study analyzes changes in education and wage performance of Mexican immigrants from 1910 to 1990 and the factors that have contributed to the selection of these immigrants from their population of origin. The study uses data from the Immigration Commission Report of the Commissioner General of Immigration from 1910 to 1930 and from the Mexican and U.S. censuses for 1910 to 1990. Mexican immigrants are found to be either more educated or as educated as their population of origin. The education advantage of immigrants has decreased over time with the exception of 1960 to 1970. Earnings of Mexican immigrants relative to native whites have declined over time. Lower costs of transportation, the growth of Mexican enclaves in the United States, and the Bracero program were associated with decreases in the skill of immigrants. The introduction of the literacy test in the United States in 1917 and the Mexican Revolution (1910)(1911)(1912)(1913)(1914)(1915)(1916)(1917)(1918)(1919)(1920) were associated with increases in the skill level of immigrants.