Determinantes Regionales de la Industria Maquiladora de Exportación en los Estados de la Frontera Norte

Mendoza, Jorge Eduardo and Calderon, Cuauhtemoc (2001): Determinantes Regionales de la Industria Maquiladora de Exportación en los Estados de la Frontera Norte. Published in: Comercio Exterior , Vol. Vol. 5, No. Núm. 3 (March 2001): pp. 96-202.

Abstract

The article focuses on the analysis of pooled labor markets in the maquiladora industry. It studies the regional factors affecting the assymetric distribution of maquiladoras in the Mexican economy. It also estimates the impact of concentration and agglommeration on the employment growth of the maquiladora industry.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: Regional determinants of the export maquiladora industry in the Northern Border states of Mexico
• Language: Spanish
• Keywords: Localization; external economies; maquiladora
• Subjects: R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R3 - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location > R30 - General; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O18 - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis ; Housing ; Infrastructure; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O14 - Industrialization ; Manufacturing and Service Industries ; Choice of Technology

References

Robert C. Feenstra y H. Gordon Hanson, “Foreign Direct Investment and Relative Wages: Evidence from Mexico’s Maquiladoras”, NBER Working Paper, núm. 5122, 1995. H. Gordon Hanson, “U.S.-Mexico Integration and Regional Economies: Evidence from Border-city Pairs”, NBER Working Paper, núm. 5425, 1995.