This study examines the effect of NAFTA, an instance of North-South trade liberalization, on returns to skill in Mexico …, NAFTA ought to have raised the relative earnings of low-skill workers, that is, lowered returns to skill in Mexico. Analysis …. Mexico is abundant in low-skill workers relative to the US and Canada, and so, by the Hecksher-Ohlin-Samuelson trade model …

North American Trade Agreement (NAFTA). In all industries, an overwhelming share of aggregate productivity growth is … accounted for by a small number of plants which were larger and more productive before the implementation of NAFTA and expanded … and became more productive following the implementation of NAFTA. Plants that exported before NAFTA and export …

accrues long after entry, when plants become large exporters. -- NAFTA ; trade liberalization ; productivity ; heterogeneity …

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 … observed in the mid 1980s, the second the Tequila Crisis of 1994-5. The evidence indicates that after passage of NAFTA …

It is argued that migration from Mexico to the US and its corresponding return migration are determined by … find that migration practically disappears if Mexico has American arrival rates while employed. Doubling migration costs …

migrants from Mexico, as well as from other Latin American countries, U.S. immigration policy can have a significant impact on …

Nearly a quarter of Mexico's workforce is self employed. In the United States, however, rates of self employment among … populations residing in Mexico and the U.S. accounts for the differences in the self employment rates in the two countries. Within … for men, those who live in ethnic enclaves. -- entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; Mexico ; Mexican-Americans …

We consider the issue of illegal migration from Mexico to the US, and examine whether the lack of legal status causally …

United States and Mexico over the last 25 years. This paper evaluates the degree of wage convergence between these countries … during the period 1988 and 2011. We match survey and census data from Mexico and the United States to estimate the change in … evidence we do find is most likely due to factors unrelated to US-Mexico integration. While migration, trade, and FDI may …