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Using data from a longitudinal survey of fast food restaurants in Texas, the authors examine the impact of recent changes in the federal minimum wage on a low-wage labor market The authors draw four main conclusions. First, the survey results indicate that less than 5 percent of fast food...
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The question of how firms build market share matters for firm dynamics, business cycles, international trade, and industrial organization. Using Nielsen Retail Scanner data for the United States, we document that in the consumer food industry, brands experience substantial growth in market share...
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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 …
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stress in Mexico and this retards the growth of skills of its workforce. (2) The informal sector is large, mostly due to the …
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illustrative example, I estimate that migration from Mexico to the United States raises global income by an amount equivalent to …
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Over the last three decades, Mexico has aggressively reformed its economy, opening to foreign trade and investment … been lackluster, trailing that of many other developing nations. In this paper, I review arguments for why Mexico hasn …. These are factors internal to Mexico. One possible external factor is that the country has the bad luck of exporting goods …
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A theoretical model is developed and applied to the North American auto industry, motivated by the possibility of US-Mexico …. Using an applied GE model, we find that (A) the gains to Mexico are significant and the effects on the US and Canada are … North American multinationals determine markups, increased imports from Mexico do not result in a rationalization of US and …
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With the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994, Mexico entered a bilateral free trade …
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In 1950 Mexico entered an economic takeoff and grew rapidly for more than 30 years. Growth stopped during the crises of … modest. We analyze the economic history of Mexico 1877-2010. We conclude that the growth 1950-1981 was driven by urbanization …, industrialization, and education and that Mexico would have grown even more rapidly if trade and investment had been liberalized sooner …
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copious corruption not only decreases incumbent support in local elections in Mexico, but also decreases voter turnout …
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