Maquiladora employment dynamics in Nuevo Laredo

Growth and Change

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-38

  Cañas, Jesús ^a   Fullerton Jr , Thomas M ^b   Smith, W M Doyle ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FORECASTING METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SIMULATION; TRANSFER FUNCTION; TREND ANALYSIS; WAGE DETERMINATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TAMAULIPAS;

EID: 33947610793     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2007.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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