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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 …

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Total factor productivity growth and job turnover in Mexican manufacturing plants in the 1990s

Calderón Madrid, Angel (contributor); … - 2004

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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...

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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...

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The NAFTA tide: lifting the larger and better boats

Calderón Madrid, Angel (contributor); … - 2007

We use panel data on Mexican manufacturing plants to study the connection between plants’ responses to changes in the economic environment and their contributions to aggregate productivity growth in the period following the implementation of the North American Trade Agreement (NAFTA). In all...

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An empirical growth model for major oil exporters

Esfahani, Hadi Salehi; Mohaddes, Kamiar; Pesaran, M. Hashem - 2012

Venezuela), plus Indonesia which is a former member, and Mexico and Norway, which are members of the OECD. Overall, the test … income is established for six of the nine economies considered. The exceptions, Mexico and Norway, do not possess sufficient … reserves of Mexico and Norway are expected to last 9 and 10 years respectively, as compared to reserve-production ratios of …