This paper has had the modest goal of establishing several facts about the effect of...

We estimate the effect on business start-ups of a program that significantly speeds up firm...

Perceptions-based indicators are sometimes used to measure the quality of the business environment. For instance,...

This paper studies the effects of labor-regulation reform using data for 10,396 firms from 14...

Using a newly assembled data set on procedures filed in Mexican labor tribunals, we study...

We study a channel through which inflation can have effects on the real economy. Using...

This paper analyzes the effect of minimum wages on the income of workers in Mexico....

We construct a novel data set matching occupational data from separate establishments to the establishments'...

Faced with limited resources, policymakers need to know when and where to target support for...

This paper analyzes the existence and extent of downward nominal wage rigidities in the Mexican...

There is a growing realization by the popular business press that a proper analysis of...

This paper uses data gathered by the authors from the archives of a local labor...

During the “Great Trade Collapse” of 2008, Mexico’s trade with the U.S. fell nearly 45...

We analyze the outcomes of 332 cases from a labor court in Mexico in which...

This paper draws on a new combination of employer-employee and plant-level data from Mexico to...

We analyze lawsuits involving publicly-appointed lawyers in a labor court in Mexico to study the...

Using a census of all workers in private establishments in the formal sector in Mexico...

The recent global economic crisis highlighted the fact that Mexico does not have a safety...

Because of protective labor laws, many firms will find it too costly to fire workers...