Economic Structure, Productivity, and Infrastructure Quality in Southern Mexico
There are large and sustained
differences in the economic performance of sub-national
regions in most countries. The authors examine the economic
structure and productivity in Southern Mexico and compare it
with the rest of the country. The authors use firm level
data from Mexican manufacturing to test the relative
importance of firm level characteristics (such as human
capital and technology adoption) compared with external
characteristics (such as infrastructure quality and
regulatory environment) in explaining productivity
differentials. The authors find that the economic structure
of Southern Mexico is considerably different from the rest
of the country, with the economic landscape dominated by
micro enterprises and a relative specialization in low
productivity activities. This, coupled with low skill levels
and fewer skill upgrading opportunities, reduces the
performance of Southern firms. Productivity differentials
between Southern firms and others, however, only exist for
micro enterprises. The econometric analysis shows that while
employee training and technology adoption enhance
productivity, access to markets by improving transport
infrastructure that link urban areas also have important
productivity effects.
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Deichmann, Uwe,
Fay, Marianne,
Koo, Jun,
Lall, Somik V. |
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| Language: | English
en_US |
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| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2002-10
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| Subjects: | AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY,
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT,
CITIES,
COMPANY,
CREDIT MARKETS,
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES,
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS,
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY,
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY,
ECONOMIC GROWTH,
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE,
ECONOMIC RESEARCH,
ECONOMIC STRUCTURE,
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS,
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE,
EMPIRICAL RESEARCH,
EMPLOYMENT,
ENTREPRENEURS,
EXPORTS,
EXTERNALITIES,
FIRM SIZE,
FIRMS,
FOREIGN MARKETS,
GDP,
GDP PER CAPITA,
GROWTH MODELS,
GROWTH THEORIES,
GROWTH THEORY,
HUMAN CAPITAL,
IMPERFECT COMPETITION,
INCOME,
INCREASING RETURNS,
INEFFICIENCY,
LABOR FORCE,
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY,
LENDERS,
MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS,
MIGRATION,
OPERATING COSTS,
POLICY MAKERS,
POSITIVE EFFECTS,
PRODUCTIVITY,
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH,
PUBLIC POLICY,
PURCHASING POWER,
REGRESSION ANALYSIS,
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK,
REGULATORY REFORM,
SMALL FIRMS,
SUBSIDIARIES,
SUPPLIERS,
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH,
TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION,
TRADE FLOWS,
TRANSPORT,
URBANIZATION,
WEALTH ECONOMIC STRUCTURE,
INFRASTRUCTURE,
MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES,
TECHNOLOGY ACCUMULATION,
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT,
MICRO-ENTERPRISES,
SKILL SHORTAGES,
TRAINING NEEDS,
MARKET ACCESS,
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE,
WEALTH, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/10/2031708/economic-structure-productivity-infrastructure-quality-southern-mexico
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19223
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