Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- CHAPTER ONE: Introduction -- Purpose of This Study -- Approach of This Study -- How This Monograph Is Organized -- PART ONE: Migration from Mexico: A Critical American Issue -- CHAPTER TWO: Immigration by the Numbers -- Immigration Statistics -- Number of Future Mexican Immigrants -- CHAPTER THREE: Moving Out: Historical Background of Mexican Migration Policy -- Immigration Policies in the United States -- Early U.S.-Mexican Relations: A Period of Shifting Ideals -- Controlling Illegal Immigration After the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act -- Beyond 9/11 -- Emigration Policies in Mexico -- Early Emigration Policy and Questions of Labor -- The Labor Law and Legacy of the Bracero Program -- Migration Measures in Mexico Since 2000 -- CHAPTER FOUR: Immigration Patterns -- Migration from the United States to Mexico -- Primary Mexican Migrant Destinations in the United States -- Migrant Origins in Mexico -- Economic and Social Characteristics of Mexican Migrants -- CHAPTER FIVE: Migration's Effects on Origin and Destination Countries -- Immigration's Impact on the United States -- The Presence of Immigrants Both Benefits and Challenges the Host Country -- The Immigrant Workforce Has Only a Minor Effect on Government Burden -- Immigration's Impact on Mexico -- Immigration Prospects Are Broadened -- Social Networks Increase the Chances That the Poor Will Migrate -- Wages Are Increased at Home as Skill-Group Members Leave -- Households Shift Priorities -- CHAPTER SIX: Causes of Migration from Mexico to the United States -- Demand-Pull: U.S. Economic Factors -- U.S. Economic Conditions Are Critical to Decisions to Immigrate -- Wage Differences Between the Two Countries Also Play a Role.

Supply-Push: Performance of the Mexican Economy -- Mexican Economic Conditions Are Critical to the Decision to Migrate -- Unemployment in Mexico Is Relatively Low but Still Stimulates Migration -- The 2007 U.S. Recession Increased Unemployment in Mexico -- Poverty and Economic Performance in Mexico -- Poverty Rates Differ According to Region -- Networks -- CHAPTER SEVEN: Conclusions and Policy Recommendations -- Implications for Policy -- Pursue a Legal Labor Market Driven by the Supply of U.S. Jobs -- Design and Implement Tools to Assist with Current Standards of Border Control -- Design and Implement an Organization Committed to Making Labor Movement Transparent to Both Countries -- Begin to Address U.S. Immigration from the Other Side -- PART TWO: Progress and Challenges: Mexico's Economic and Social Policy -- CHAPTER EIGHT: The Economic and Social Landscape of Mexico -- Mexico's Economy: Crisis and Recovery -- Mexico's Social Policy: Evolving and Improving -- CHAPTER NINE: Mexico's Economic Management -- The Mexican Financial Crisis: Before and After -- Primary Causes of the Crisis -- After the Crisis -- Business Regulation and National Competitiveness -- Competition Across Mexican States -- Monopolies -- Policies and Regulations -- Tax Policy -- Income Tax and Value-Added Tax -- Oil Taxes -- Income Taxes -- Tax Policy Challenges -- Tax Policy Reform -- Labor Market and Regulation -- Informal Economy -- Unionization -- Wages -- Energy Policy -- Oil Production and Reserves -- Challenges for Petróleos Mexicanos -- Oil Policy Reforms -- Fiscal Federalism -- The Development of the Tax System -- Fiscal Transfers -- Individual State and Federal Financial Support -- Regional Governments and Federal Financial Support -- Decentralization -- U.S.-Mexican Economic Ties -- Mexico's Reorientation to the World.

The Economic Significance of the North American Free Trade Agreement -- U.S.-Mexican Economic Relations Since the North American Free Trade Agreement Went into Effect -- The North American Free Trade Agreement Trucking Legislation as an Example of Bilateral Conflict Resolution -- CHAPTER TEN: Inequality, Poverty, and Social Policy in Mexico -- Inequality and Poverty -- Inequality -- Regional Disparities -- Rural Poverty -- Life Expectancy -- Crop Production -- Rural Population and Agricultural Reform -- Social Policy -- Education -- Health -- Health Insurance and Social Security Coverage -- Public Social Programs -- Remittances -- CHAPTER ELEVEN: Conclusions and Policy Recommendations -- Economic Policy Options -- Energy Policy Options -- Labor Policy Options -- Other Social Policy Options -- PART THREE: The Past and Present of U.S.-Mexican Relations -- CHAPTER TWELVE: Immigration Policies and Proposals During the 2000s -- Immigration Policy Proposals in Mexico -- Immigration Policy Proposals in the United States -- Immigration Proposals Since 2000 -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN: U.S. Public Opinion on Immigration and the North American Free Trade Agreement -- Fluctuating U.S. Opinion on Immigration -- Illegal and Legal Immigrants -- U.S. Public Opinion on the North American Free Trade Agreement -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Conclusions and Policy Recommendations -- Improving Outcomes with the North American Free Trade Agreement -- A Public Opinion Policy Option -- PART FOUR: Conclusion -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Conclusion -- APPENDIX: Political Contexts Behind Mexican Reforms -- References.