use stochastic frontier analysis methods to test for productivity and efficiency differences in manufacturing throughout … the country. Our results suggest that the economic structure and productivity of southern Mexico is considerably different …

We compute the productivity gaps in manufacturing industries by urban, rural less sparse and rural sparse locations in … productivity differentials across locations by decomposing them into firm differences within the same industry and by differences …-urban divide in manufacturing productivity still remains but there is a tendency of convergence between rural and urban location …