The paper estimates equations for the Mexican/US manufacturing relative unit labor cost (RULC), and finds significant effects from asset market variables like interest rate differentials, foreign reserve accumulation, and international capital flows. The equations are motivated by a simple decomposition ...
The latter is a more detailed employment and income survey at the cost of a smaller sample size. We estimate labour returns to languages in two steps. Firstly, we use all the six datasets above to estimate the wage and employment likelihood return, to both indigenous languages and Spanish. ...
Because of its skilled labor and diverse labor pool, companies from virtually all industries can increase and retain a high level of global competitiveness by manufacturing in Mexico.After you have considered offshore manufacturing and evaluated the cost savings, the next step towards manufacturing in...
This paper reviews the theory underlying the concept of the social opportunity cost of labor (SOCL), as that concept is used in benefit-cost analysis and in applied welfare economics generally. It then presents in detail the procedures to be followed in estimating the SOCL in real-world cases...
In this paper, we aim to understand the determination of the optimum levels of occupational health and safety in a setting where firms have the outside option of working in the informal sector. We construct a theoretical model in which equilibrium labor cost is exogenous and firms have an ...
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Cost advantages:Mexico offers lower operating costs than the U.S., including lower labor costs, site expenses, and regulatory fees. The favorable exchange rate further drives down clinical research budgets for U.S.-based companies. Large patient population:With over 129 million people and an incre...
Labor: More Car Jobs Shift to Mexico 来自 国家科技图书文献中心 喜欢 0 阅读量: 25 作者: T Black 摘要: The Obama Administration spent more than $80 billion last year to prop up General Motors and Chrysler in a controversial effort to save millions of American manufacturing jobs. Both car...
New solar and wind projects today could offer levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) as low as about $30 per megawatt-hour (MWh),15 10 to 20 percent cheaper than the world average, which puts Mexico among the top five countries in the world providing low-cost solar energy.16 Labor ...
Cost of Living in Merida Like all of Mexico, Merida offers a reduced cost of living when compared to most places, north of the border. This is explained by low labor costs as well as reduced costs for materials and essentials. Due to the low wages, the market will simply not bear the...