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 …, distortions in the supply of non-traded inputs, and perverse incentives for informality creates a drag on productivity growth …

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 …

reserves and applies it to 8 of the largest Emerging Markets (BRICS, Indonesia, Mexico, Turkey) during 2000-2019. The efficient …

at the micro level typically reduces total factor productivity at the macro level. Quantifying these effects is leading …

Bangladesh, Chile, Ghana, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria and Sri Lanka. We show that variation in business practices explains as much of …Management has a large effect on the productivity of large firms. But does management matter in micro and small firms … the variation in outcomes - sales, profits and labor productivity and TFP - in microenterprises as in larger enterprises …