La migración y las remesas en México: 1980-2010

Resumen

The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of the number of migrants, remittances, the exchange rate, inflation, unemployment, wages of both Mexico and the United States, on Mexico’s Gross Domestic Product and determine the most significant variables that delimit this functionality. To indicate the relationship between migration and remittances two models of linear equations were developed. The results obtained for the equation of the number of migrants indicate that the most significant variables were: Gross domestic product, wages and unemployment in the United States and Mexico. For the equation obtained in remittances were, in order of importance, the variables: number of migrants, unemployment, wages and inflation in the United States.