Hardening of the Mexico-United States border and its impact on the remittances reception. The case of Ciudad Juárez in the context of Covid-19.

Abstract

This article's objective was to determine the impact of the hardening of the Mexico-United States border, particularly by the partial closure of the border due to Covid-19-the migrant's conglomeration in the city and the limitation of cross-border mobility- in the reception of remittances in Ciudad Juarez. Applying linear regression model with ordinary least squares method and the Pearson and Spearman correlation analysis, we estimate the relationship between remittances with the number of border crossings and immigrant's concentration in the city. The results show that the only statistically significant variable was the partial closure of the border, through a decrease in the number of crossings, which has a negative relationship with the receipt of remittances in the locality, i.e., the fewer the number of crossings, the greater the receipt of remittances. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Este articulo tiene como objetivo central determinar el impacto del endurecimiento de la frontera Mexico-Estados Unidos, particularmente por el cierre parcial de la frontera por el Covid-19 -la conglomeracion de migrantes en la ciudad y la limitacion de movilidad transfronteriza- en la recepcion de remesas en Ciudad Juarez. Para ello se empleo el metodo de minimos cuadrados ordinarios y el analisis de correlacion de Pearson y Spearman para determinar la relacion que guardan las remesas con el numero de cruces entre la frontera y el numero de inmigrantes en la ciudad. Los resultados encontrados evidencian que la unica variable estadisticamente significativa fue el cierre parcial de la frontera, a traves de la disminucion de los cruces, la cual tiene relacion negativa con la recepcion de remesas en la localidad, es decir, a menor numero de cruces mayor es la recepcion de remesas. (Spanish) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Noesis: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades is the property of Revista Noesis and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)