The assumption that Mexican emigration to the United States provides benefits to Mexico in the form of jobs for unemployed Mexicans and wage remittances has kept Mexican officials from discouraging illegal emigration. In fact, emigration drains the Mexican economy and should be a cause for Mexican government concern. (Author/MJL)

The 4.7 million Chicanos in the Southwest in 1970 contributed significantly to the local labor supply; yet, they had substantially smaller incomes and greater unemployment than area Anglos. Although Chicanos have moved steadily from unskilled to skilled labor occupations and have entered white collar occupations, they continue to be employed in…

THE FACT THAT LABOR SUPPLY CONSISTS OF MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN IN FAMILIES WITH THEIR OWN ACCUSTOMED AND OFTEN WELL-LOVED WAYS OF LIVING IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED IN ANY DISCUSSION OF "THE FARM LABOR PROBLEM." THIS STUDY USES BOTH AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY IN ANALYZING EMPLOYMENT PROBLEMS. THE ANALYSIS COVERS (1)…