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 … 1999 in industries liberalized relatively rapidly by NAFTA, launched in 1994, than in industries liberalized relatively …

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 …

transitions to inactivity and public assistance, while youth reports of financial stresses are associated with earlier nest … associated with youth making later transitions. Overall, financial stress and conflict have independent effects on youths …

suggestive evidence in the Middle East of a decline in social mobility among the increasingly well-educated youth. The results …