Technology and Skill Demand in Mexico

The author investigates the effects of technology on the employment and wages of differently skilled Mexican manufacturing workers using firm panel data from 1992-99. She analyzes the relationship between technology and skill demand. Findings suppo...

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Main Author:	Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ASSETS AUTONOMY BOOK VALUE CHILD NUTRITION COAL COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMISTS ELASTICITIES EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXPORTS FOREIGN EXCHANGE FREE TRADE GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GOVERNMENT REGULATION GROWTH RATE HEALTH CARE HUMAN CAPITAL IMMUNIZATION IMPORTS INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INFLATION INNOVATION LABOR FORCE LABOR INPUTS LABOR MARKETS LIVING STANDARDS LOWERING TRADE BARRIERS MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS MANAGERS MICROECONOMICS MIGRATION OIL PRICE CEILINGS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH QUOTAS REAL GDP REAL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT REAL WAGES SCHOOLS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION TIME SERIES TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE BARRIERS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE UNIONS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGES WEALTH WORKERS SKILLS SKILLED WORKERS HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS TECHNOLOGY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/02/1711112/technology-skill-demand-mexico http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15631

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spelling	okr-10986-156312021-04-23T14:03:19Z Technology and Skill Demand in Mexico Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys ASSETS AUTONOMY BOOK VALUE CHILD NUTRITION COAL COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMISTS ELASTICITIES EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXPORTS FOREIGN EXCHANGE FREE TRADE GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GOVERNMENT REGULATION GROWTH RATE HEALTH CARE HUMAN CAPITAL IMMUNIZATION IMPORTS INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INFLATION INNOVATION LABOR FORCE LABOR INPUTS LABOR MARKETS LIVING STANDARDS LOWERING TRADE BARRIERS MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS MANAGERS MICROECONOMICS MIGRATION OIL PRICE CEILINGS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH QUOTAS REAL GDP REAL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT REAL WAGES SCHOOLS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION TIME SERIES TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE BARRIERS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE UNIONS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGES WEALTH WORKERS SKILLS WAGES SKILLED WORKERS GROWTH RATE HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS TECHNOLOGY EMPLOYMENT PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH The author investigates the effects of technology on the employment and wages of differently skilled Mexican manufacturing workers using firm panel data from 1992-99. She analyzes the relationship between technology and skill demand. Findings support the skill-biased technical change hypothesis. She then examines the temporal relationship of technology adoption to firm productivity and worker wages. The author finds that skilled labor increases after technology adoption. And wages of both skilled and semi-skilled workers exhibit markedly increased growth rates compared with the growth rate of low-skilled workers. The results show that investment in human capital improves technology-driven productivity gains. 2013-09-04T21:49:05Z 2013-09-04T21:49:05Z 2002-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/02/1711112/technology-skill-demand-mexico http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15631 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2779 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Mexico
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topic	ASSETS AUTONOMY BOOK VALUE CHILD NUTRITION COAL COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMISTS ELASTICITIES EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXPORTS FOREIGN EXCHANGE FREE TRADE GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GOVERNMENT REGULATION GROWTH RATE HEALTH CARE HUMAN CAPITAL IMMUNIZATION IMPORTS INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INFLATION INNOVATION LABOR FORCE LABOR INPUTS LABOR MARKETS LIVING STANDARDS LOWERING TRADE BARRIERS MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS MANAGERS MICROECONOMICS MIGRATION OIL PRICE CEILINGS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH QUOTAS REAL GDP REAL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT REAL WAGES SCHOOLS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION TIME SERIES TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE BARRIERS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE UNIONS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGES WEALTH WORKERS SKILLS WAGES SKILLED WORKERS GROWTH RATE HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS TECHNOLOGY EMPLOYMENT PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
spellingShingle	ASSETS AUTONOMY BOOK VALUE CHILD NUTRITION COAL COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMISTS ELASTICITIES EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXPORTS FOREIGN EXCHANGE FREE TRADE GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GOVERNMENT REGULATION GROWTH RATE HEALTH CARE HUMAN CAPITAL IMMUNIZATION IMPORTS INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INFLATION INNOVATION LABOR FORCE LABOR INPUTS LABOR MARKETS LIVING STANDARDS LOWERING TRADE BARRIERS MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS MANAGERS MICROECONOMICS MIGRATION OIL PRICE CEILINGS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH QUOTAS REAL GDP REAL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT REAL WAGES SCHOOLS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION TIME SERIES TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE BARRIERS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE UNIONS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGES WEALTH WORKERS SKILLS WAGES SKILLED WORKERS GROWTH RATE HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS TECHNOLOGY EMPLOYMENT PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys Technology and Skill Demand in Mexico
geographic_facet	Latin America & Caribbean Mexico
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2779
description	The author investigates the effects of technology on the employment and wages of differently skilled Mexican manufacturing workers using firm panel data from 1992-99. She analyzes the relationship between technology and skill demand. Findings support the skill-biased technical change hypothesis. She then examines the temporal relationship of technology adoption to firm productivity and worker wages. The author finds that skilled labor increases after technology adoption. And wages of both skilled and semi-skilled workers exhibit markedly increased growth rates compared with the growth rate of low-skilled workers. The results show that investment in human capital improves technology-driven productivity gains.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys
author_facet	Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys
author_sort	Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys
title	Technology and Skill Demand in Mexico
title_short	Technology and Skill Demand in Mexico
title_full	Technology and Skill Demand in Mexico
title_fullStr	Technology and Skill Demand in Mexico
title_full_unstemmed	Technology and Skill Demand in Mexico
title_sort	technology and skill demand in mexico
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/02/1711112/technology-skill-demand-mexico http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15631
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Technology and Skill Demand in Mexico

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