Mexico : Technology, Wages and Employment, Volume 1. Main Document

The report examines two components of new technology adoption by Mexican manufacturing firms. First, it questions which firms, under what circumstances, and performance adopt such technology. To measure performance, productivity wages, and net empl...

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spelling okr-10986-154322021-04-23T14:03:14Z Mexico : Technology, Wages and Employment, Volume 1. Main Document World Bank TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION TECHNOLOGY CHOICE MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES TECHNOLOGY ECONOMIC ASPECTS TECHNOLOGY GOVERNMENT POLICY EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PERFORMANCE INDICATORS WAGE DIFFERENTIATION WAGE INCREASES SKILLED WORKERS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE LABOR SURVEYS STATISTICAL DATA INDUSTRIAL SURVEYS JOB SECURITY JOB DISLOCATION HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS TRAINING ASSISTANCE TECHNOLOGY-SUPPORTING INSTITUTIONS INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY GOVERNMENT FINANCE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BUYING POWER COAL COLLABORATION COMPLEX TECHNOLOGY COMPLEXITY COMPOSITION DEBT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INFORMATION ECONOMIC SECTORS EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT ENGINE OF GROWTH ENGINEERS EXPENDITURES FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY GEOGRAPHY GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INFLATION INFLATION RATES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INTEREST RATES LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LITERATURE MINIMUM WAGES MODERNIZATION NEW TECHNOLOGY OIL POVERTY REDUCTION PRINTING PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROGRAMS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION TECHNOLOGY POLICY TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRAINING PROGRAMS UNDP UNEMPLOYMENT UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITIES WAGES The report examines two components of new technology adoption by Mexican manufacturing firms. First, it questions which firms, under what circumstances, and performance adopt such technology. To measure performance, productivity wages, and net employment of a firm were used, leading to further questions on whether technological change helps workers - of a certain skill level - disproportionately. Second, it argues that adoption of new technologies happens under the right circumstances, and further reviews which are the firms, and circumstances surrounding the choice of technology. The analysis is based on data from the National Survey of Employment, Wages, Technology and Training (ENESTYC), and the National Industrial Survey (EIA) for 1992, 1995, and 1999. Results largely suggest that performance (including statistics, and measures on job creation, and/or job dislocation), is superior with technology adoption, though it does not imply performance increases in all firms. Rather, the effects of technology vary depending on location, and size of enterprise. Nonetheless, investments in human capital - training in conjunction with technology adoption - increases productivity benefits. In addition, the likelihood for new technologies, also varies markedly by time period, and, the complexity of the technology correlates both with the size, and skill levels of a firm's work force. Policy recommendations include widespread technology know-how, facilitating inter-firm linkages, supported by both government financing to encourage a competitive business environment, and by a continued increase in research and development funding, public as well as private funding. 2013-08-28T18:39:46Z 2013-08-28T18:39:46Z 2001-12-13 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/12/1695615/mexico-technology-wages-employment-vol-1-2-main-document http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15432 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Latin America & Caribbean Mexico
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topic TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION
TECHNOLOGY CHOICE
MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES
TECHNOLOGY ECONOMIC ASPECTS
TECHNOLOGY GOVERNMENT POLICY
EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
WAGE DIFFERENTIATION
WAGE INCREASES
SKILLED WORKERS
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
LABOR SURVEYS
STATISTICAL DATA
INDUSTRIAL SURVEYS
JOB SECURITY
JOB DISLOCATION
HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
TRAINING ASSISTANCE
TECHNOLOGY-SUPPORTING INSTITUTIONS
INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY
GOVERNMENT FINANCE
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
BUYING POWER
COAL
COLLABORATION
COMPLEX TECHNOLOGY
COMPLEXITY
COMPOSITION
DEBT
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC INFORMATION
ECONOMIC SECTORS
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
EMPLOYMENT
ENGINE OF GROWTH
ENGINEERS
EXPENDITURES
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY
GEOGRAPHY
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME
INCOME INEQUALITY
INFLATION
INFLATION RATES
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INNOVATION
INTEREST RATES
LABOR COSTS
LABOR FORCE
LITERATURE
MINIMUM WAGES
MODERNIZATION
NEW TECHNOLOGY
OIL
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRINTING
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PROGRAMS
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE
TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
TECHNOLOGY POLICY
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRAINING PROGRAMS
UNDP
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNITED NATIONS
UNIVERSITIES
WAGES
spellingShingle TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION
TECHNOLOGY CHOICE
MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES
TECHNOLOGY ECONOMIC ASPECTS
TECHNOLOGY GOVERNMENT POLICY
EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
WAGE DIFFERENTIATION
WAGE INCREASES
SKILLED WORKERS
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
LABOR SURVEYS
STATISTICAL DATA
INDUSTRIAL SURVEYS
JOB SECURITY
JOB DISLOCATION
HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
TRAINING ASSISTANCE
TECHNOLOGY-SUPPORTING INSTITUTIONS
INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY
GOVERNMENT FINANCE
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
BUYING POWER
COAL
COLLABORATION
COMPLEX TECHNOLOGY
COMPLEXITY
COMPOSITION
DEBT
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC INFORMATION
ECONOMIC SECTORS
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
EMPLOYMENT
ENGINE OF GROWTH
ENGINEERS
EXPENDITURES
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY
GEOGRAPHY
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME
INCOME INEQUALITY
INFLATION
INFLATION RATES
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INNOVATION
INTEREST RATES
LABOR COSTS
LABOR FORCE
LITERATURE
MINIMUM WAGES
MODERNIZATION
NEW TECHNOLOGY
OIL
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRINTING
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PROGRAMS
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE
TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
TECHNOLOGY POLICY
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRAINING PROGRAMS
UNDP
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNITED NATIONS
UNIVERSITIES
WAGES
World Bank
Mexico : Technology, Wages and Employment, Volume 1. Main Document
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Mexico
description The report examines two components of new technology adoption by Mexican manufacturing firms. First, it questions which firms, under what circumstances, and performance adopt such technology. To measure performance, productivity wages, and net employment of a firm were used, leading to further questions on whether technological change helps workers - of a certain skill level - disproportionately. Second, it argues that adoption of new technologies happens under the right circumstances, and further reviews which are the firms, and circumstances surrounding the choice of technology. The analysis is based on data from the National Survey of Employment, Wages, Technology and Training (ENESTYC), and the National Industrial Survey (EIA) for 1992, 1995, and 1999. Results largely suggest that performance (including statistics, and measures on job creation, and/or job dislocation), is superior with technology adoption, though it does not imply performance increases in all firms. Rather, the effects of technology vary depending on location, and size of enterprise. Nonetheless, investments in human capital - training in conjunction with technology adoption - increases productivity benefits. In addition, the likelihood for new technologies, also varies markedly by time period, and, the complexity of the technology correlates both with the size, and skill levels of a firm's work force. Policy recommendations include widespread technology know-how, facilitating inter-firm linkages, supported by both government financing to encourage a competitive business environment, and by a continued increase in research and development funding, public as well as private funding.
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Mexico : Technology, Wages and Employment, Volume 1. Main Document
title_short Mexico : Technology, Wages and Employment, Volume 1. Main Document
title_full Mexico : Technology, Wages and Employment, Volume 1. Main Document
title_fullStr Mexico : Technology, Wages and Employment, Volume 1. Main Document
title_full_unstemmed Mexico : Technology, Wages and Employment, Volume 1. Main Document
title_sort mexico : technology, wages and employment, volume 1. main document
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/12/1695615/mexico-technology-wages-employment-vol-1-2-main-document
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15432
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