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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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Total factor productivity growth and job turnover in Mexican manufacturing plants in the 1990s
Calderón Madrid, Angel (contributor);  … - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001894033
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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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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003646696
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The effect of occupational visas on native employment : evidence from labor supply to farm jobs in the Great Recession
Clemens, Michael A. - 2017
The effect of foreign labor on native employment within an occupation depends on native labor supply to that occupation – which is rarely directly measured – even if native and foreign labor are perfect substitutes in production. This paper uses two natural quasi-experiments to directly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607330
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An empirical analysis of trade-related redistribution and the political viability of free trade
Lake, James; Millimet, Daniel L. - 2014
Even if free trade creates net welfare gains for a country as a whole, the associated distributional implications can undermine the political viability of free trade. We show that trade-related redistribution increases the political viability of free trade in the US. We do so by assessing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010339571
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The impact of diabetes on labor market outcomes in Mexico : a panel data and biomarker analysis
Seuring, Till; Serneels, Pieter; Suhrcke, Marc - 2016
There is limited evidence on the labor market impact of diabetes, and existing evidence tends to be weakly identified. Making use of Mexican panel data to estimate individual fixed effects models, we find evidence for adverse effects of self-reported diabetes on employment probabilities, but not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011520995
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Can wage subsidies boost employment in the wake of an economic crisis? : evidence from Mexico
Bruhn, Miriam - 2016
the effect of a program in Mexico that granted firms in certain industries wage subsidies if they decided to keep their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011493836
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The labor market effects of Mexican repatriations : longitudinal evidence from the 1930s
Lee, Jongkwan; Peri, Giovanni; Yasenov, Vasil - 2019
identify a causal effect, we instrument county level repatriations with the existence of a railway line to Mexico interacted …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012126112