The debate on whether Mexican immigrants are positively or negatively selected on education has been limited by studying immigrants in data collected only from the sending or the destination country. Using nationally representative data from Mexico that tracked migrants to the United States prospectively, we examine the education selectivity of Mexicans who immigrated to the United States from 2002 to 2005. We find that using reports of migration by remaining household members and proxy substitution of migration education underestimates migrant selectivity. Migrant men and women were positively selected within households and rural municipalities of origin but negatively selected from the national educational distribution. Differences in selectivity by size of place, as well as when considering the local or national context, means that the answer of whether immigrants are positively or negatively selected on education depends on the context considered.

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墨西哥移民教育选择性的情境化

通过仅从发送国或目的地国收集的数据来研究移民，从而限制了墨西哥移民在教育方面受到正面还是负面选择的争论。我们使用来自墨西哥的具有全国代表性的数据（前瞻性地跟踪了移民到美国的情况），研究了2002年至2005年移民到美国的墨西哥人的教育选择性。我们发现，使用剩余家庭成员的移民报告和移民教育的替代替代品低估了移民的选择性。在原籍家庭和农村直辖市中积极选择移民男性和女性，但从全国教育分布中否定选择移民男性和女性。根据地点大小以及在考虑当地或国家背景时选择性的差异，