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COVID-19 employment status impacts on food sector workers
Cho, Seung Jin; Lee, Jun Yeong; Winters, John V. - 2020
Food production and distribution is essential for human well-being, but the food sector has experienced a number of difficulties maintaining worker health and productivity during the COVID-19 pandemic. We examine employment status changes of persons recently employed in the U.S. food sector with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012233370
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North-South trade liberalization and returns to skill in the south : the case of Mexico
Hazarika, Gautam (contributor); Otero, Rafael (contributor) - 2008
This study examines the effect of NAFTA, an instance of North-South trade liberalization, on returns to skill in Mexico …. Mexico is abundant in low-skill workers relative to the US and Canada, and so, by the Hecksher-Ohlin-Samuelson trade model …, NAFTA ought to have raised the relative earnings of low-skill workers, that is, lowered returns to skill in Mexico. Analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003771056
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Adding rungs to the exporting ladder : plant-level exporting dynamics and total factor productivity growth
Voicu, Alexandru (contributor) - 2008
We use panel data on Mexican manufacturing plants to study the dynamics of plant-level exporting activity at both the extensive and the intensive margins and the connection between exporting dynamics and plant-level total factor productivity growth. We find that exporting activity has a ladder...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003771885
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Aid and migration : an analysis of the impact of progresa on the timing and size of labour migration
Angelucci, Manuela (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002115241
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Social interactions and schooling decisions
Lalive, Rafael (contributor);  … - 2006
school attendance among a sub-group of eligible children within small rural villages in Mexico. Results indicate that (i) the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003355647
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A cohort analysis of labor participation in Mexico, 1987 - 2009
Duval-Hernández, Robert; Orraca Romano, Pedro - 2009
This paper conducts a cohort analysis of labor participation in urban Mexico in recent decades. The rates analyzed are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894407
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Oportunidades : program effect on consumption, low participation, and methodological issues
Angelucci, Manuela; Attanasio, Orazio P. - 2009
In this paper we estimate the effect of the Mexican conditional cash transfer program, Oportunidades, on consumption, and we explore some issues related to participation to the program and to the estimation of treatment effects. We discuss the comparability of treatment and control areas,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003902804
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Firm dynamics and real exchange rate fluctuations : does trade openness matter? ; evidence from Mexico's manufacturing sector
Fuentes, Miguel Andrés; Ibarrarán, Pablo - 2009
In this paper we study the effect of NAFTA on the responsiveness of Mexican economy to real exchange rate shocks. We argue that, by opening the U.S. and Canadian markets to Mexican goods, NAFTA made it easier for domestic producers to take advantage of the opportunities brought by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003904720
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Family networks and school enrolment : evidence from a randomized social experiment
Angelucci, Manuela; De Giorgi, Giacomo; Rangel, Marcos A.; … - 2009
extended family. Using data from the PROGRESA program in Mexico, we exploit information on the paternal and maternal surnames …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003904829
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Extended family networks in rural Mexico : a descriptive analysis
Angelucci, Manuela; De Giorgi, Giacomo; Rangel, Marcos A.; … - 2009
Progresa social assistance program in rural Mexico. We exploit information on the paternal and maternal surnames of household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003904844