Essays on Social Issues

Introduction Mexican migration to the United States during the final decades of the twentieth century ranks among the largest international population flows in the world. The number of Mexican migrants to the United States since the 1970s even exceeds those from many European countries in the late nineteenth century (Passel et al. 2012). This wave...

A notable feature of the labour market’s change over the past two decade is the increase in the proportion of female works. As women’s participation in economic activities increase, working families are becoming a universal household form, and traditional views on gender roles in men and women are also changing a lot. In particular, as...