import penetration across industries. Focusing on the increase in import competition from China that Mexico experienced … reallocation of resources has been productivity-enhancing, particularly in sectors that have experienced large-scale import …We study the impact of import competition on Mexican firm outcomes between 2003 and 2013 by exploiting variation in …

Although market concentration is one of the main impediments to productivity growth globally, data constraints have … the effects of local industry concentration on productivity. The main results show that a decline by 10 points in the … factor productivity of revenue. Local industry concentration also has heterogeneous effects on productivity across industries …

This paper estimates the effects of NAFTA on labor and wages in Mexico using a local labor-markets approach. While … import competition that may dampen employment gains. This paper finds that in the first decade of its existence, NAFTA had a … states in the northeast, northwest, and central east regions of Mexico, which traded more with NAFTA countries. …

’s productivity growth decreases the relative nominal wage of the poor and the relative price index for the poor in Mexico and Brazil …

We analyze how local labor markets in Mexico adjusted in response to an increase in Chinese import competition between … 1998 and 2013. We exploit the spatial variation in import exposure arising from initial differences in industry …

We analyze the effects of the increase in China's import competition on Mexican domestic and international migration … for individual and municipality features, we find that individuals living in municipalities more exposed to Chinese import … competition are more likely to migrate to other municipalities within Mexico, while a negative effect is found on the decision to …

analyze how local labor markets in Mexico adjusted to increased Chinese-import competition over different time horizons. The …By exploiting spatial variation in import exposure arising from initial differences in industry specialization, we …