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Policies to promote growth and economic efficiency in Mexico
Arias, Javier; Azuara, Oliver; Bernal, Pedro; Heckman, … - 2010
stress in Mexico and this retards the growth of skills of workforce. (2) The informal sector is large, mostly due to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274259
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Trade liberalisation in Mexico: Rhetoric and reality
Pacheco-López, Penélope; Thirlwall, Anthony P. - 2004
This paper examines the process of trade liberalisation in Mexico, particularly since the mid-1980s and the signing of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290687
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The impact of trade liberalisation on exports, imports, the balance of payments and growth: The case of Mexico
Pacheco-López, Penélope - 2004
liberalisation involved in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on exports, imports and the balance of payments in Mexico … slowdown of Mexico's growth in recent years. NAFTA has not delivered the improved growth performance that was promised by … Mexico's political leaders at the time. …
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Estimating the welfare costs of very high inflations and hyperinflations
Benati, Luca; Nicolini, Juan Pablo - 2024
equal to nearly 20 per cent of income. For Israel, Mexico, and Argentina the costs had been materially lower, but still in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014494959
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Are remittances a "catalyst" for financial access? Evidence from Mexican household data
Ambrosius, Christian - 2012
financial access among receiving households. This paper provides empirical evidence on this hypothesis from Mexico, a major …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010308744
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The rise and fall of income inequality in Mexico: 1989 - 2010
Campos, Raymundo; Esquivel, Gerardo; Lustig, Nora - 2012
Inequality in Mexico rose between 1989 and 1994 and declined between 1994 and 2010. We examine the role of market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319793
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Do people in income poverty use their income efficiently? A subjective well-being approach
Rojas, Mariano - 2012
A subjective well-being approach is followed to assess the magnitude of inefficiency in the use of income. The information comes from a Mexican survey and an X-inefficiency technique is used. The paper shows that there exists substantial inefficiency in the use of income at all income levels,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319920
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An Evaluation of the Performance of Regression Discontinuity Design on PROGRESA
Buddelmeyer, Hielke; Skoufias, Emmanuel - 2003
this paper we use a unique data set from rural Mexico collected for the purposes of evaluating the impact of the PROGRESA …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261560
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The Effects of Enforcement on Illegal Markets: Evidence from Migrant Smuggling along the Southwestern Border
Gathmann, Christina - 2004
This paper analyzes how enforcement along the U.S.-Mexican border has affected the market for migrant smugglers. Using a unique dataset that links border crossing histories from illegal Mexican migrants to aggregate enforcement and punishment statistics, we find that the effect of enforcement on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261774
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Aid and Migration : An Analysis of the Impact of Progresa on the Timing and Size of Labour Migration
Angelucci, Manuela - 2004
This paper models the short and medium-run impact of aid on migration, considering alternatively the effect of unconditional and conditional cash transfers to financially constrained households. Data from the evaluation of a Mexican development program, Progresa, are used to estimate the effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261936