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dc.contributor.authorHeid, Benedikten
dc.contributor.authorLarch, Marioen
dc.contributor.authorRiaño, Alejandroen
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-14-
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-15T17:38:22Z-
dc.date.available2012-02-15T17:38:22Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/55354-
dc.description.abstractMexico experienced a tremendous expansion of its export-processing maquila sector during the 1990s. At the same time, a large proportion of its labor force remains employed in the informal sector. Since one of the main objectives of the maquiladora program was to increase formal employment, we study how the rapid increase in maquiladora activity has affected labor market outcomes in Mexico. We develop a heterogeneous firm model with imperfect labor markets that captures salient features of the Mexican economy such as the differences between maquila and non-maquila manufacturing plants and the existence of an informal sector. We calibrate the model's parameters to match key cross-sectional moments characterizing the Mexican economy. Our quantitative model indicates that the expansion of the maquila sector during the 1990s produced an increase in informality of 0.9% and a reduction in the skill premium and overall welfare of 2.7% and 3.7%, respectively. A counterfactual experiment in which we shut down the informal sector completely results in a reduction of Mexican welfare of 33.5% relative to the equilibrium with an informal sector.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x3689en
dc.subject.jelF12en
dc.subject.jelF14en
dc.subject.jelF16en
dc.subject.jelF23en
dc.subject.jelO24en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordoffshoringen
dc.subject.keywordinformal sectoren
dc.subject.keywordmaquiladorasen
dc.subject.keywordtrade and labor marketsen
dc.subject.keywordMexicoen
dc.subject.stwOffshoringen
dc.subject.stwLohnfertigungen
dc.subject.stwInformeller Sektoren
dc.subject.stwBeschäftigungseffekten
dc.subject.stwWohlfahrtseffekten
dc.subject.stwMexikoen
dc.titleMaquiladoras and informality: A mixed blessing-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn685220796en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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