Replication data for: Offshoring and Volatility: Evidence from Mexico's Maquiladora Industry

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Project Citation: 

Bergin, Paul R., Feenstra, Robert C., and Hanson, Gordon H. Replication data for: Offshoring and Volatility: Evidence from Mexico’s Maquiladora Industry. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2009. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113327V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This paper studies the second-moment properties of offshoring, the arrangement whereby firms carry out particular stages of production abroad. It documents a new empirical regularity: maquiladora industries in Mexico that are associated with US offshoring experience fluctuations in employment that are twice as volatile as the corresponding industries in the United States. This finding is not attributable simply to higher volatility in the overall Mexican economy, nor to the smaller size of Mexico's industries compared to US counterparts. (JEL F14, F23, L24, L25, L60, O14)

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      F14 Empirical Studies of Trade
      F23 Multinational Firms; International Business
      L24 Contracting Out; Joint Ventures; Technology Licensing
      L25 Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope
      L60 Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General
      O14 Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology


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