Scientific Presentations

LabTalks­@DCD

Department of Digital and Computational Demography
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), Rostock, Germany, May 21, 2025

11:00 AM: Talk with Abigail Tun Mendicuti - The Enduring Influence of Family Networks on Migration: A Study of Male Heads of Households from Mexico

Room 400 

Abstract

Family networks are known to drive migration decision-making. This research aims to study how the influence of family networks on migration varies over time and whether there are differences in who (father, mother, brother, sister) migrated before in the migration from Mexico to the United States among male heads of households. We utilize data from the Mexican Migration Project (MMP) and employ discrete-time event history analysis of the timing of the first migration to the United States. The independent variables include several interactions between the migration of family members and time, measured across three periods of migration. Results show that father and brother networks remain relevant in all periods, while mother and sister networks are important during a period with more restrictions on migration.

About

Abigail Tun Mendicuti is a PhD student at the Laboratory of Migration and Mobility in the Department of Digital and Computational Demography, affiliated with the University of Groningen's Population Research Centre. Her research focuses on family and migration, and public opinions towards migrants.

Register to Take Part

You would like to attend the Online Seminar Talk? You are very welcome. Please register by writing an e-mail to office-zagheni@demogr.mpg.de.
 

Online Seminar Talk, May, 21st from 11:00 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Rostock time)