Arbeitspapier
NAFTA and productivity convergence between Mexico and the US
This paper studies whether NAFTA contributed to the productivity convergence between Mexico and the US. Using data from the manufacturing sector for 1986 to 2000 and introducing a number of refinements in the computation of the total factor productivity and estimation methods, it shows that the productivity gap increased and converged to a higher gap level. Moreover, it finds no clear evidence for NAFTA's contribution to the TFP convergence. These findings are in a sharp contrast with that of the previous literature. The paper also finds that under NAFTA the industries which have smaller initial productivity gap experienced less increasing productivity gap than the industries which have larger initial productivity gap.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: HEI Working Paper ; No. 26/2007
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Economic Integration
Economic Growth of Open Economies
- Subject
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NAFTA
Productivity
Handelsregionalismus
Freihandelszone
Produktivität
Verarbeitendes Gewerbe
Entwicklungskonvergenz
Mexiko
USA
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Ito, Tadashi
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Graduate Institute of International Studies
- (where)
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Geneva
- (when)
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2007
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Ito, Tadashi
- Graduate Institute of International Studies
Time of origin
- 2007
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