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Convergencia, divergencia y estratificación. Estudio comparativo de la dinámica de crecimiento de la manufactura en los municipios mexicanos y los condados estadunidenses

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  • Cermeño, Rodolfo

    (Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE))

  • Mayer Foulkes, David

    (Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE))

  • Martínez González, Ariadna

    (The Ohio State University)

Abstract

In this document we analyze the dynamics of per capita value added in manufacturing as a proxy of per capita income in Mexico’s municipalities and US counties. Specifically we seek to determine if there is convergence (absolute or conditional), divergence or stratification. A dynamic panel model without exogenous regresors is utilized, and the problem of bias in this specific context is considered. In general it is concluded that the dynamics of per capita value added of US counties shows conditional convergence and low steady state dispersion. However, in the case of Mexico the dynamics is congruent with stratified growth. This study also finds that manufacturing growth in US counties and Mexican municipalities is divergent through time.// En este artículo se analiza la dinámica del valor agregado manufacturero per capita como proxy del ingreso per capita de los municipios de México y condados de Estados Unidos. Específicamente, se busca determinar si existe convergencia (absoluta o condicional), divergencia o estratificación. Se utiliza un modelo de panel dinámico sin regresores exógenos y se considera el problema del sesgo en este contexto específico. En general se concluye que la dinámica del valor agregado per capita de los condados de Estados Unidos muestra convergencia condicional y poca dispersión de sus estados estacionarios. En cambio, en el caso de México se encuentra una dinámica congruente con crecimiento estratificado. El estudio también encuentra que el crecimiento de la manufactura en los condados de EEUU y los municipios de México diverge en el tiempo.

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  • Cermeño, Rodolfo & Mayer Foulkes, David & Martínez González, Ariadna, 2009. "Convergencia, divergencia y estratificación. Estudio comparativo de la dinámica de crecimiento de la manufactura en los municipios mexicanos y los condados estadunidenses," El Trimestre Económico, Fondo de Cultura Económica, vol. 0(302), pages 349-378, abril-jun.
  • Handle: RePEc:elt:journl:v:76:y:2009:i:302:p:349-378
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20430/ete.v76i302.487
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    Keywords

    crecimiento económico; convergencia; divergencia; manufactura; municipios mexicanos; condados EEUU; estratificación;
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    JEL classification:

    • O54 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Latin America; Caribbean
    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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