RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Drug Violence and Migration Flows JF Journal of Human Resources JO J Hum Resour FD University of Wisconsin Press SP 717 OP 749 DO 10.3368/jhr.53.3.0215-6948R4 VO 53 IS 3 A1 Orozco-Aleman, Sandra A1 Gonzalez-Lozano, Heriberto YR 2018 UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/53/3/717.abstract AB We examine the effect of the increase in violence that Mexico experienced after launching an aggressive campaign against drug-trafficking organizations on immigration into the United States. We instrument for violence using electoral cycles and consider two channels through which violence impacts migration: local and transit violence. Violence at the municipality of residence increased migration. Conversely, violence on the route to the United States deterred individuals from migrating. Back-of-the-envelope calculations show that between 2007 and 2012, local and transit violence had an overall positive effect on migration. Violence was responsible for a 1.53 percentage point increase in the migration rate.