Bringing the firm back in: Local decision making and human capital development in Mexico's maquiladora sector

World Development

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 805-822

  Samstad, James G ^a   Pipkin, Seth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BEAUFORT   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human capital development; Latin America; Maquiladoras; Mexico; Sustainable development; Worker training

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; MAQUILADORA; WAGE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 16844378583     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.01.008     Document Type: Article

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