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 …

While most contemporary historians agree that the use of debt peonage as a coercive labor contract in Mexico was not … property rights were reallocated through land laws, and Mexico's economy became much more closely tied to the United States. In …

effect of NAFTA and the GATT on the SDS industry was to help induce Wal-Mart to enter Mexico. Once there, Walmex … new products and processes from their headquarters to Mexico. Finally, although Mexican detergent exports captured an …

bottom of the skill distribution in Mexico …

on U.S. regulations and net trade flows among the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, for 130 manufacturing industries from 1977 to …

only to describe the contracting practices of US and Canadian franchisors in Mexico but, most importantly, to compare them … agreements in Mexico compared to their home market. Our empirical results confirm hypotheses derived from the theories …, particularly with respect to the decision to operate in Mexico. But we also find some surprises - for example, the vast majority of …

In this paper, we examine the increase in the relative wages of skilled workers in Mexico during the 1980s. We argue … that rising wage inequality in Mexico is linked to capital inflows from abroad. The effect of these capital inflows, which … production in Mexico towards relatively skill-intensive goods thereby increasing the relative demand for skilled labor. We study …

This paper explores the relationship between wages and foreign investment in Mexico, Venezuela, and the United States … countries: higher levels of foreign investment are associated with higher wages. In Mexico and Venezuela, foreign investment was … domestic firms. In the United States there is evidence of wage spillovers. The lack of spillovers in Mexico and Venezuela is …