Korea, Mexico and Poland. Using industry-level data, we show that i) technology diffusion and productivity gains tend to be … regional: Korea (Mexico) (Poland) benefits mainly from trade with Japan (North America) (the EU); and ii) the dynamic version … of the "natural trading partners" hypothesis seems to hold for Korea and Mexico though not necessarily for Poland. …

labor market ensures that the long-run unemployment rate is independent of the size of the capital stock, productivity, and … productivity. …

manufacturing and export manufacturing growth. Within Brazil, Indonesia, and Mexico, the effects of different sectoral growth …

this paper we use a unique data set from rural Mexico collected for the purposes of evaluating the impact of the PROGRESA …

-in-difference estimation controlling for household fixed effects. The paper finds that SP lowers formality by 0.4-0.7 percentage points, with …

investigation. We then compare two independent sources of individual-level wage information from Mexico – firms' wage reports to the …

unique survey of Mexican unauthorized immigrants interviewed upon their voluntary return or deportation to Mexico, almost a …

direct impact on knowledge and use of contraception. We investigate this issue using information on women in Mexico. In order … schools built following the extension of compulsory education in Mexico from 6th to 9th grade in 1993. We show that raising …