Demands for productive factors in the maquiladora industry

Authors

  • Jorge Ibarra Salazar Tecnológico de Monterrey
  • Francisco García Pérez Tecnológico de Monterrey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24201/ee.v31i2.18

Keywords:

production, input demand, maquiladora industry, elasticity

Abstract

Using a production function that does not impose separability and/or substitution restrictions among the productive factors (translog function), in this paper we estimate the demand of inputs of the maquiladora industry. We use data than combine annual time series (1990–2006) with cross section of nine economic sectors. We find that the own price elasticity of the demand of labor is in average slightly above one in absolute value (-1.03); that the demand of materials is below one in absolute value (-0.506); and that the own–price elasticity of capital is above one in absolute value (-2.21).

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2016-07-01

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Ibarra Salazar, J., & García Pérez, F. (2016). Demands for productive factors in the maquiladora industry. Estudios Económicos De El Colegio De México, 31(2), 265–303. https://doi.org/10.24201/ee.v31i2.18
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62-vol. 31, no. 2, july-december, 2016

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