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We address the role that deep, structural factors may have as determinants of Mexico's economic growth. We argue that … Mexico's poor growth performance appears to be associated not only with shorter-run events such as the "lost decade" of the … eighties, but also with supply-side features of the economy that have been present for at least four decades. Mexico's low …
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We analyze the labor market consequences of international trade, using the evidence provided by the behavior of Mexican labor markets after the introduction of NAFTA in the nineties and the accession of China to the WTO in 2001. Following an approach close to that proposed by Autor, Dorn and...
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's academic performance using the case of Mexico. In general, access to free health insurance could improve education outcomes …
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This paper studies the effects of remittances from the U.S. on child labor and school attendance in recipient Mexican households. We identify these effects using the impact of the 2008-2009 U.S. recession on remittance receipts. The methodology employed is a differences-in-differences strategy...
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index (CPI). In contrast with previous international studies, the results suggest that, in the case of Mexico, information …
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significant reduction of school attendance. -- Child labor ; International migration ; Remittances ; Mexico. …
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paper we identify the proportion of informal workers who are in each situation for the case of Mexico. Using a simple model …
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