The Effect of Mexican Workforce Migration on the Mexican Maquiladora Labor Market.
A study was conducted to examine the effect of Mexican work force migration on the Mexican maquiladora labor market. Data were obtained from the National Institute of Statistics, Geography, and Information figures on the textile sector, which includes operations in 20 Mexican states, and from a cen...
| Published in: | Economia Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 179 - 211 |
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Brookings Institution Press
Fall 2007
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