this gap by estimating the returns to private high schools in Mexico. We construct a unique dataset that combines labor …

exploiting the discontinuity in the assignment of a welfare program in Mexico. The in-cash transfer is found to significantly …

This study examines the effect of NAFTA, an instance of North-South trade liberalization, on returns to skill in Mexico …. Mexico is abundant in low-skill workers relative to the US and Canada, and so, by the Hecksher-Ohlin-Samuelson trade model …, NAFTA ought to have raised the relative earnings of low-skill workers, that is, lowered returns to skill in Mexico. Analysis …