Organizers:

Marie T. Mora, University of Texas - Pan American

Session Chairs:

Alberto Davila, University of Texas - Pan American

Papers:

"Day Laborers’ Health and Work-Related Abuses: An Assessment of Risks, Choices, and Policies"
Edwin Melendez,, Milano The New School of Management and Urban Policy (Contact Author)
Abel Valenzuela, University of California
Nik Theodore, University of Illinois at Chicago

"Labor Market Outcomes of Mexican Women in Mexico and the United States"
Mary Lopez, Occidental College
Fernando Antonio Lozano, Pomona College (Contact Author)
Benjamin Widner, New Mexico State University

"Civic Engagement and Educational Attainment among Hispanic Immigrants and Hispanic Natives in the U.S"
Marie T. Mora, University of Texas - Pan American (Contact Author)
Alberto Davila, University of Texas - Pan American

"Are Remittances from Female Migrants Larger than the Money Sent by Male Migrants? Evidence from Mexican Migrants in Three Counties in Texas"
J. Ulyses Balderas, Sam Houston State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Alberto Davila, University of Texas - Pan American
Carlos Vargas-Silva, Sam Houston State University
Isabel Ruiz, Sam Houston State University
Sue K. Stockly, Eastern New Mexico University