Liberalización comercial y la creación y destrucción de empleo

Arturo Pérez Mendoza

doi:10.24201/ee.v20i1.167

39-vol. 20, no. 1, january-june, 2005

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Trade liberalization and job creation and destruction

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Arturo Pérez Mendoza
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24201/ee.v20i1.167

Published 2005-01-01

Keywords

trade liberalization,
search model,
job creation,
job destruction,
NAFTA

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Pérez Mendoza, A. (2005). Trade liberalization and job creation and destruction. Estudios Económicos De El Colegio De México, 20(1), 79–108. https://doi.org/10.24201/ee.v20i1.167

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Abstract

This paper shows a search model to analyze the possible impact of a trade liberalization on job creation and job destruction. The model is calibrated to calculate the possible impact of the North America Free Trade Agreement on the Mexican economy. The results show that the effects of NAFTA take place on the first two years. The production and the employment have a reduction of 0.14 and 0.16 percent, respectively, while the welfare level increases in 1.07%. The job creation and job destruction increases, and therefore there exists a higher job reallocation between sectors.