Capital Intensity, Technology Intensity, and Skill Development in Post China/WTO Maquiladoras

World Development

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 541-559

  Sargent, John ^a   Matthews, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

export processing zones; Latin America; maquiladoras; Mexico

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; MAQUILADORA; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 39549095809     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.04.015     Document Type: Article

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