public investment partly account for Mexico’s lackluster growth and productivity performance in the context of intensified …Social programs can reduce productivity and growth as they inadvertently generate perverse incentives for workers and … aggregate labor productivity. In turn, differences in the cost of labor produce differences in returns to capital across firms …

between infrastructure and private productivity. The second subject is the determinants of regional infrastructure investment … infrastructure to private production; the essays three to five study besides the productivity effects also the determinants of …

rigidity. The third essay analyses how different unionisation structures affect firm productivity and firm performance in a … among heterogeneous producers and increases average productivity and profit levels, firm-level bargaining allows less … productive entrants to remain in the market. The positive effect of centralised bargaining on average productivity can, however …

on productivity growth, and additionally export behavior has to be persistent over time. Both conditions are empirically …

-, consultation-, and co-determination rights. The effects works councils have on productivity and profits are estimated for medium …-sized manufacturing firms using information from the IAB establishment panel. The results indicate a positive effect on productivity of 6 …

Because the Mexican government has encouraged investment in Mexico by increasing the percentage of ownership of a …

of a project designed to promote high penetration rates of CFLs in two cities in Mexico. Our analysis indicates that the … project will bring substantial net economic benefits to Mexico, the utility, and the average customer. In the absence of any … thus crucial to the successful implementation of the project. Expanding the Ilumex project to a Mexico-wide program would …

. These three projects are reviewed to clarify the issues and concerns that Mexico has with AIJ and JI and propose measures to …-credit sharing, and valuation of non-GHG environmental and/or social benefits and impacts for AIJ projects. Mexico is concerned that … portion of the carbon credits is allocated to Mexico. …