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North-South Trade Liberalization and Returns to Skill in the South : The Case of Mexico
Otero, Rafael; Hazarika, Gautam - 2021
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/10013324881
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Firm Dynamics and Real Exchange Rate Fluctuations : Does Trade Openness Matter? Evidence from Mexico’s Manufacturing Sector
Fuentes, Miguel - 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/10013155309
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Immigration Restrictions as Active Labor Market Policy : Evidence from the Mexican Bracero Exclusion
Clemens, Michael A. - 2017
An important class of active labor market policy has received little rigorous impact evaluation: immigration barriers intended to improve the terms of employment for domestic workers by deliberately shrinking the workforce. Recent advances in the theory of endogenous technical change suggest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012963859
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The Labor Market Effects of Mexican Repatriations : Longitudinal Evidence from the 1930s
Lee, Jongkwan - 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/10012860517
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The Impact of Diabetes on Labor Market Outcomes in Mexico : A Panel Data and Biomarker Analysis
Seuring, Till - 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/10012985280
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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/10012988125
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Labor Market Adjustments after a Large Import Shock : Evidence from the German Clothing Industry and the Multi-Fibre Arrangement
Braakmann, Nils - 2009
This paper considers labor market adjustments following a large import shock in the German clothing industry caused by the phasing out of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement. Using the German shoe industry as a control group and administrative data, we study adjustments on the individual and firm level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013153171
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Trade and Unemployment : What Do the Data Say?
Felbermayr, Gabriel J. - 2009
This paper documents a robust empirical regularity: in the long-run, higher trade openness is causally associated to a lower structural rate of unemployment. We establish this fact using: (i) panel data from 20 OECD countries, (ii) cross-sectional data on a larger set of countries. The time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013159504
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Minimum Wage Channels of Adjustment
Hirsch, Barry T. - 2011
The economic impact of the 2007-2009 increases in the federal minimum wage (MW) is analyzed using a sample of quick-service restaurants in Georgia and Alabama. Store-level biweekly payroll records for individual employees are used, allowing us to precisely measure the MW compliance cost for each...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118045
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Minimum Wages and Teen Employment : A Spatial Panel Approach
Kalenkoski, Charlene M. - 2011
The authors employ spatial econometrics techniques and Annual Averages data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 1990-2004 to examine how changes in the minimum wage affect teen employment. Spatial econometrics techniques account for the fact that employment is correlated across states....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120833