Both benefit when Mexicans with PhDs migrate to the US

By Adolfo Albo and Juan Luis Ordaz Díaz. Migration from Mexico to the United States has been a historical process that has brought benefits to both countries. Mexican migration to the US is often thought to be a movement of people with low education and income levels, but emigration of highly qualified Mexicans is also significant. According to 2010 census data, almost 140,000 Mexicans held a doctorate degree that year while more than 21,000 Mexicans with PhDs were living in the US. Thus, the number of Mexican immigrants with doctorates in the US represented 15% of all those with doctorates in Mexico. Read more...