stress in Mexico and this retards the growth of skills of its workforce. (2) The informal sector is large, mostly due to the …

Mexico's conditional cash transfer program. We find that transfers had a large effect on asset accumulation among the low …

Chile and Mexico experienced severe economic crises in the early 1980s. This paper analyzes four possible explanations … for why Chile recovered much faster than did Mexico. Comparing data from the two countries allows us to rule out a …

While outsourcing of production from the U.S. to Mexico has been hailed in Mexico as a valuable engine of growth … outsourcing industries in Mexico experience fluctuations in value added that are roughly twice as volatile as the corresponding …

Mexico has experienced since 1995. Although fresh domestic bank lending dried up, tradable firms obtained financing in the …

Following its opening to trade and foreign investment in the mid-1980s, Mexico's economic growth has been modest at … that the relation between openness and growth is not a simple one. Using standard trade theory, we find that Mexico has … continuing reforms, Chinese growth is likely to slow down sharply, perhaps leaving China at a level less than Mexico's real GDP …