Wages and Productivity in Mexican Manufacturing

The author identifies the determinants of wages and productivity in Mexico over time using national representative linked employer-employee databases from the manufacturing sector. She shows that both employers and employees are benefiting from inv...

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Main Author:	Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	WAGE DETERMINATION LABOR PRODUCTIVITY MANUFACTURING SECTOR WORKERS EDUCATION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT RETURNS TO SCHOOLING SKILLED WORKERS HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH REGIONAL WAGE DISPARITIES TRADE LIBERALIZATION COAL COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EQUATIONS EXPECTED PRESENT VALUE EXPORTS FREE TRADE GROWTH RATE HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INEQUALITY LABOR INPUTS OIL OPPORTUNITY COST OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE POSITIVE EFFECTS PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES QUESTIONNAIRES TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION TRAINING PROGRAMS VALUE ADDED WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE EQUATION COEFFICIENTS WAGES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2128870/wages-productivity-mexican-manufacturing http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19182

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spelling	okr-10986-191822021-04-23T14:03:42Z Wages and Productivity in Mexican Manufacturing Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys WAGE DETERMINATION LABOR PRODUCTIVITY MANUFACTURING SECTOR WORKERS EDUCATION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT RETURNS TO SCHOOLING SKILLED WORKERS HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH REGIONAL WAGE DISPARITIES TRADE LIBERALIZATION COAL COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EQUATIONS EXPECTED PRESENT VALUE EXPORTS FREE TRADE GROWTH RATE HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INEQUALITY LABOR INPUTS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY OIL OPPORTUNITY COST OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE POSITIVE EFFECTS PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES QUESTIONNAIRES TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION TRAINING PROGRAMS VALUE ADDED WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE EQUATION COEFFICIENTS WAGES The author identifies the determinants of wages and productivity in Mexico over time using national representative linked employer-employee databases from the manufacturing sector. She shows that both employers and employees are benefiting from investments in education, training, work experience, foreign research and development, and openness after the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Additional years of schooling have a higher impact on wages and productivity after NAFTA than before. Endogenous training effects are larger for productivity than for wages, suggesting that the employers share the costs and returns to training. The author also finds that investment in human capital magnifies technology-driven productivity gains. By comparing four regions of Mexico-north, center, south, and Mexico City-regional wage and productivity gaps are found to have increased over time. 2014-08-01T16:38:22Z 2014-08-01T16:38:22Z 2003-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2128870/wages-productivity-mexican-manufacturing http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19182 English en_US Policy, Research working paper series;no. WPS 2964 Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2964 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Mexico
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topic	WAGE DETERMINATION LABOR PRODUCTIVITY MANUFACTURING SECTOR WORKERS EDUCATION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT RETURNS TO SCHOOLING SKILLED WORKERS HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH REGIONAL WAGE DISPARITIES TRADE LIBERALIZATION COAL COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EQUATIONS EXPECTED PRESENT VALUE EXPORTS FREE TRADE GROWTH RATE HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INEQUALITY LABOR INPUTS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY OIL OPPORTUNITY COST OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE POSITIVE EFFECTS PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES QUESTIONNAIRES TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION TRAINING PROGRAMS VALUE ADDED WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE EQUATION COEFFICIENTS WAGES
spellingShingle	WAGE DETERMINATION LABOR PRODUCTIVITY MANUFACTURING SECTOR WORKERS EDUCATION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT RETURNS TO SCHOOLING SKILLED WORKERS HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH REGIONAL WAGE DISPARITIES TRADE LIBERALIZATION COAL COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EQUATIONS EXPECTED PRESENT VALUE EXPORTS FREE TRADE GROWTH RATE HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INEQUALITY LABOR INPUTS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY OIL OPPORTUNITY COST OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE POSITIVE EFFECTS PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES QUESTIONNAIRES TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION TRAINING PROGRAMS VALUE ADDED WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE EQUATION COEFFICIENTS WAGES Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys Wages and Productivity in Mexican Manufacturing
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description	The author identifies the determinants of wages and productivity in Mexico over time using national representative linked employer-employee databases from the manufacturing sector. She shows that both employers and employees are benefiting from investments in education, training, work experience, foreign research and development, and openness after the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Additional years of schooling have a higher impact on wages and productivity after NAFTA than before. Endogenous training effects are larger for productivity than for wages, suggesting that the employers share the costs and returns to training. The author also finds that investment in human capital magnifies technology-driven productivity gains. By comparing four regions of Mexico-north, center, south, and Mexico City-regional wage and productivity gaps are found to have increased over time.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys
author_facet	Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys
author_sort	Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys
title	Wages and Productivity in Mexican Manufacturing
title_short	Wages and Productivity in Mexican Manufacturing
title_full	Wages and Productivity in Mexican Manufacturing
title_fullStr	Wages and Productivity in Mexican Manufacturing
title_full_unstemmed	Wages and Productivity in Mexican Manufacturing
title_sort	wages and productivity in mexican manufacturing
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2128870/wages-productivity-mexican-manufacturing http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19182
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Wages and Productivity in Mexican Manufacturing

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