ABSTRACT
In this context, we propose a comparative approach to the local impact of the family migratory remittances in Mexico and Bolivia, countries that, on a continental scale, also have in common a traditional and strongly structured emigration (toward the United States for the fi rst, mainly toward Argentina for the latter). Mexican migration to the United States arose at the end of the 19th century to strongly grow during the second half of the 20th century. Historically, Mexican migration to the United States developed as seasonal migration, primarily focused on agriculture, that is: the bracero program, between 1942 and 1964. Since the 1980s, the transformation of the migratory models is due to a rise in emigration, a more durable establishment of migrants in the United States and the dispersing fl ows toward new destinations in this country (Durand & Massey, 2003; Faret, 2003).
