-specific accounts sometimes offered (wage liberalization, border opening, increased quality of education). But we find some support for … institutional and organizational explanations, particularly the high productivity of education in restructuring and entrepreneurial …

-skilled workers. …

points is attributable to the wage premium paid to maquila workers, 0.1 percentage points to the wage premium received by … women in the maquila sector, and 1 percentage point to employment creation. Given that female maquila workers represent only …

We examine why employers use temporary agency and contract company workers and the implications of these practices for … the wages, benefits, and working conditions of workers in low-skilled labor markets. Through intensive case studies in … circumstances under which these workers are likely to be adversely affected, minimally affected, or even benefitted by such …

across workers. The results suggest that while equalizing access to quality education, including improved early learning … investigate the role of race, family background and education (both the quantity and quality) in explaining earnings inequality … differences in human capital, including parental education and education quality, and in its returns, account for most but not all …

Bartik provides evidence showing that investment in quality preschool education provides economic payoffs, particularly …