The impact of the capture of leaders of criminal organizations on the labor market: Evidence from Mexico

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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

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Papers ; No. 2021-19

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Demand and Supply of Labor: General ; Particular Labor Markets: Public Policy ; Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law ; Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
• Subject: Organized Crime ; Labor Markets ; Firms

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Osuna Gómez, Daniel
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Banco de México
• (where): Ciudad de México
• (when): 2021

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/251290
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET