Half of the moderately poor, and one third of the extremely poor now live in urban areas in Mexico. While cities offer … relies on a recent survey conducted by Mexico, to look in more depth at life in Mexico's poor urban barrios (neighborhoods …

total factor productivity growth in Korea, Mexico, and Jordan. Measures of foreign research and development are constructed … the South. The findings show that technology diffusion and productivity gains tend to be regional. Jordan benefits mainly … from trade with the European Union, Korea from trade with Japan, and Mexico from trade with North America. In other words …

"The authors follow the Hellerstein, Neumark, and Troske (1999) framework to estimate marginal productivity … differentials and compare them with estimated relative wages. The analysis provides evidence on productivity and nonproductivity … training on wages and productivity differentials. Higher education yields higher productivity. However, highly educated workers …

which exporting is "permanent" vs. "transitory" are reviewed, together with the extent to which productivity gains from … suggest that while exporters have higher productivity rates, profitability is equal compared to non-exporters, but inventory …