Migración internacional, remesas y cambios en la estructura territorial de la economía en el municipio de Cerritos, San Luis Potosí, México

Abstract

The migration of Mexicans to the United States of America is an ancient process, but it is now having new connotation. One the most important aspects of this international migration is the fact that it has become the second source of national income, second to resources obtained from oil. Numerous investigations have examined the causes and effects associated to the migrations such as poverty, unemployment, political conflicts, education, and the salary differences between the two nations. However, there are other manifestations that accompany this migration, such as changes generated in the organization and structure of places where money is invested. San Luis Potosi can be distinguished has the place that shows an intense migratory flow towards the United States of America and that attracts remittances. This work reveals the impacts of migration motivated by remittances on the territorial structure of the economy of Cerritos, which presents the highest numbers of changes in economic dynamics on its territory due to the process of migration.