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Foreign Direct Investment and Relative Wages: Evidence from Mexico's Maquiladoras [PDF]
In this paper, we examine the increase in the relative wages of skilled workers in Mexico during the 1980s. We argue that rising wage inequality in Mexico is linked to capital inflows from abroad.
Gordon H. Hanson, Robert C. Feenstra
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The Biofuels Blueprint: Understanding the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We provide a comprehensive review of the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), synthesizing nearly two decades of program evolution, market outcomes, and economic analysis. The RFS mandates minimum volumes of renewable fuel blending through a nested structure based on life‐cycle greenhouse gas reductions, enforced via tradeable Renewable ...
Maria Gerveni +3 more
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Social learning as a requirement for rural development: The connectivity of Salinas, San Luis Potosí [PDF]
, 2010 It is postulated that communities using social learning on rural planning will achieve sustainable development. The construction of roads integrates geographic spaces and it is a requirement for competitiveness and development of the communities.
Figueroa Sandoval, Benjamin +2 more
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Price Premiums for Single‐Name and Compound‐Name Geographical Indications in Swiss Cheese Trade
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Geographical indications (GIs) have become increasingly important in agri‐food markets, especially in Europe. For Swiss cheese imports and exports, we analyze whether GIs are associated with higher trade prices. We find that price premiums can be obtained for both exports and imports. However, this is only the case for cheeses with single name
Judith Irek
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Boletín GeológicoThe aim of the present work is to determine the petrogenetic significance of a dacitic dome in central Mexico, and to establish the correlation with the geological evolution of the eastern sector of the Trans Mexican Volcanic Belt, which traverses the ...
Luis Enrique Ortiz-Hernández +1 more
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Creative State: Forty Years of Migration and Development Policy in Morocco and Mexico [PDF]
, 2010 {Excerpt} This book tells the political story of how migrants from Morocco and Mexico changed the communities they left, and how their initiatives, small and bold, would ultimately transform the nations from which they had emigrated. Accounts of the ways
Iskander, Natasha
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Crustal Characteristics in the Subduction Zone of Mexico: Implication of the Tectonostratigraphic Terranes on Slab Tearing [PDF]
, 2020 During the past years, significant work has been done for studying the crustal anisotropy and state of stress of the Mexican subduction zone. At the same time, there is new evidence of the geometry of the subducted slab proposing subduction tearing. Here,
Carciumaru, Dana +3 more
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Trump Tariffs 2.0: Assessing the Impacts on US Distilled Spirits Imports
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The proposed 25% tariff on Mexico and Canada could have significant repercussions on US imports of distilled spirits. This study estimates US import demand across various spirit categories (e.g., tequila, whiskey) and assesses the potential impact of the proposed tariff.
Andrew Muhammad
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Sign language images dataset from Mexican sign language
Data in BriefSign language is a complete language with its own grammatical rules, akin to any spoken language used worldwide. It comprises two main components: static words and ideograms.
Josué Espejel +3 more
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The State of Women's Organizations [PDF]
, 2008 What is the state of women's organizations? Who funds women's rights work? What dynamics are shaping the growth of women's organizations?To answer these questions, AWID surveyed almost 1,000 women's organizations worldwide; reviewed the literature ...
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