Four mechanisms-the displacement, rebound, cascade, and remittance effects-that are amplified by economic globalization accelerate land conversion.
The legal context shaping migrants' social incorporation directly and indirectly influences social remittance effects.
For example, recent studies find that migration has both negative "lost-labour" and positive remittance effects on source economies.
However, positive remittance effects may manifest themselves in other sectors, where the returns from investing may be high and family labour demands low relative to agriculture.
The migration and remittance effects discussed above, as complex as they may seem, represent only the direct or first-round impacts of migration on source economies.
We document, through extensive ethnographic fieldwork, how migrants and their remittances effect gender relations, ethnicity, land use, and land distribution.
Unemployment rates of foreign countries do not have any effect on the labor force participation decisions of individuals residing in municipalities with moderate emigration rates, despite the presence of remittances effects.
In the United States we constantly hear about Obama's immigration plan, the anti-immigrant laws in Arizona, and the courage of DREAM Activists; in Mexico news sources speak about the role of remittances, the effect of deportations, and the loss of life at the border.
In the United States we constantly hear about Obama¿s immigration plan, the anti-immigrant laws in Arizona, and the courage of DREAM Activists; in Mexico news sources speak about the role of remittances, the effect of deportations, and the loss of life at the border.
Second, the evidence indicates that the remittances income effect may be offset by the absenteeism effect from migrant relatives.
