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R etirement and health benefits for M exican migrant workers returning from the U nited S tates
Author(s) -
Aguila Emma,
Zissimopoulos Julie
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international social security review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.349
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1468-246X
pISSN - 0020-871X
DOI - 10.1111/issr.12014
Subject(s) - social security , software portability , poverty , demographic economics , business , welfare economics , political science , economics , economic growth , computer science , law , programming language
In the absence of a bilateral agreement for the portability and totalization of social security contributions between the U nited S tates and M exico, this article examines the access to pension and health insurance benefits and employment status of older M exican return migrants. We find that return migrants who have spent less than a year in the U nited S tates have a similar level of access to social security benefits as non‐migrants. Return migrants who have spent at least a year in the U nited S tates are less likely to have public health insurance or social security benefits, and could be more vulnerable to poverty in old age. These results inform the debate on a bilateral social security agreement between the U nited S tates and M exico to improve return migrants' social security.