TY - JOUR T1 - Drug Violence and Migration Flows JF - Journal of Human Resources JO - J Hum Resour SP - 717 LP - 749 DO - 10.3368/jhr.53.3.0215-6948R4 VL - 53 IS - 3 AU - Sandra Orozco-Aleman AU - Heriberto Gonzalez-Lozano Y1 - 2018/07/01 UR - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/53/3/717.abstract N2 - 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. ER -