Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/251290 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
Working Papers No. 2021-19
Publisher: 
Banco de México, Ciudad de México
Abstract: 
This paper estimates the impact of the capture of leaders of criminal organizations on the labor market in municipalities where these organizations operated between 2004 and 2006. The difference-in-difference analysis compares different employment outcomes in cartel locations and the rest, before and after the capture of cartel leaders. The results show that captures caused a decrease in nominal wages and paid employment in cartel municipalities. Using Economic Census Data, I find that captures also caused a fall in the number of establishments and had a negative impact on other establishment outcomes. This document focuses exclusively on the impact of the capture of leaders of criminal organizations on the labor market until 2011 without studying other possible consequences, and thus does not make an integral assessment of this policy
Subjects: 
Organized Crime
Labor Markets
Firms
JEL: 
J20
J48
K42
O17
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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