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The impact of the maquiladora industry on U.S. border cities [PDF]
For decades, the maquiladora industry has been a major economic engine along the U.S.–Mexico border. Since the 1970s, researchers have analyzed how the maquiladora industry affects cities along both sides of the border.
Jesús Cañas +3 more
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Rural Labor Supply and Economic Opportunities: Commuting, Migration, Tariffs, and Immigration
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Some rural counties remain dependent on agricultural or manufacturing jobs, but an increasing proportion have diversified economics. Rural counties also differ in their abilities to commute to an urban market characterized by higher wages and labor productivity.
Peter F. Orazem, Mary C. Ahearn
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The Crossroads of Power: Michel Foucault and the US/Mexico Border Wall
Foucault Studies, 2013 This paper draws on the work of Michel Foucault in order to analyze the constellation of political strategies and power at the US/Mexico border wall. These strategies, however, are incredibly diverse and often directly antagonistic of one another.
Thomas Nail
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Engaging Science, Technology, and Society, 2020 The fact that engineering is involved in highly political issues—from climate change caused by fossil fuel extraction to how we understand truth itself because of deepfakes—makes it imperative that we find new ways to highlight the crucial role that ...
MADISON MAY MACIAS +3 more
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Managing the U.S.-Mexico Border: Human Security and Technology
, 2009 Binational research paper supporting the study "Developing the U.S.-Mexico Border Region for a Prosperous and Secure Relationship."This paper examines the current U.S.-Mexico border management system, analyzing the factors and actors that have shaped the
Payan, Tony, Bronk, Christopher
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Composition Studies at the US-Mexico Border [PDF]
This essay discusses the conflict a compositionist from the US-Mexico border encounters in teaching composition amidst migration. Through autohistoriando, the author shares his experiences inside and outside of the composition course at this border to ...
Cano, José Luis
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Delaying the Inevitable? U.S. Screwworm Closures and Feeder Cattle Market Dynamics
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Biosecurity trade restrictions are commonly framed as preventive measures, yet in many settings they function primarily as policies of delay: they impose immediate market costs while only postponing the arrival of biological risks. This paper evaluates that intertemporal tradeoff using the 2024–2025 US suspension of live cattle imports from ...
Shelby Sumner +3 more
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Industrial structure and economic complementarities in city pairs on the Texas-Mexico border [PDF]
The U.S.–Mexico border provides a number of examples of pairs of neighboring cities, one in the U.S. and the other in Mexico. The advent of the North American Industrial Classification System provides a new opportunity to look at these cities using a ...
Robert W. Gilmer, Jesus Cañas
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Balance box plot by use of a smuggler to cross the US-Mexico border.
, 2023 Balance box plot by use of a smuggler to cross the US-Mexico border.
Fernando A. Wilson (7534607) +2 more
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Integrating Perennial Groundcover in Corn and Soybean Acres: Impacts on U.S. Agriculture
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sustainable agricultural practices such as cover cropping can improve soil health, water quality, and carbon sequestration, yet U.S. adoption remains limited due to economic and operational barriers. We evaluate market and economic impacts of integrating perennial groundcover into U.S.
Sagar Dahal, Amani Elobeid, John Crespi
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