Technology and Firm Performance in Mexico
The author investigates the relationship
between a firm's adoption of new manufacturing
technology and its performance. A panel database that
identifies technological adoption and tracks firms over time
allows the use of different measures of firm
performance-wages, productivity, net employment growth, job
creation, and job destruction. Results show that technology
is associated with high firm performance in all these
metrics. The effect of new technology on performance is
larger for firms located in the north and in Mexico City.
This marginal value significantly increased after the 1994
crisis and the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Furthermore, technology increased the wage of semi-skilled
workers compared with unskilled workers by about 11 percent
over seven years.
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
López-Acevedo, Gladys |
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| Language: | English
en_US |
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| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2002-02
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| Subjects: | TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE,
TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION,
MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES,
MANUFACTURING PROCESSES,
WAGES,
PRODUCTIVITY,
JOB CREATION,
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS,
WAGE INCREASES,
FIRM SIZE,
WAGE LEVELS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY,
BUSINESS ECONOMICS,
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY,
COMPETITION POLICY,
CONSUMERS,
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY,
EFFICIENCY WAGES,
ELASTICITIES,
EMPLOYMENT,
EXPORTS,
FREE TRADE,
GOVERNMENT REGULATION,
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT,
GROUP,
HUMAN CAPITAL,
INFLATION,
INNOVATION,
INNOVATIONS,
LABOR FORCE,
LABOR MARKETS,
MARGINAL VALUE,
MICROECONOMICS,
NETWORKS,
NEW TECHNOLOGIES,
NEW TECHNOLOGY,
POLICY MAKERS,
POLITICAL ECONOMY,
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH,
PUBLIC ENTERPRISES,
QUALITY OF LIFE,
SMALL BUSINESS,
TECHNOLOGY,
TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION,
TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION,
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY,
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH,
TRADE LIBERALIZATION,
UNEMPLOYMENT,
WAGE DIFFERENTIALS,
WORKERS,
WORKERS EXPERIENCE, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/02/1703255/technology-firm-performance-mexico
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15759
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