The strategic role of mexican labor under NAFTA: Critical perspectives on current economic integration
This article aims to reveal the precise meaning of Mexico’s export platform by focusing on maquiladoras and the disguised maquila industry. In both sectors, imported components account for 75 to 90 percent of export value. As a result, benefits for the Mexican economy are basically restricted to wag...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2007 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas |
| Repositorio: | Repositorio Institucional Caxcán |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:http://ricaxcan.uaz.edu.mx:20.500.11845/119 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11845/119 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | CIENCIAS SOCIALES [5] info:eu-repo/classification/NAFTA info:eu-repo/classification/Maquiladora industry info:eu-repo/classification/Disguised maquila info:eu-repo/classification/Export-led industrialization info:eu-repo/classification/Transnational corporations info:eu-repo/classification/Mexican conglomerates info:eu-repo/classification/Tratado de Libre Comercio info:eu-repo/classification/Corporaciones transnacionales info:eu-repo/classification/Industria maquiladora |
| Sumario: | This article aims to reveal the precise meaning of Mexico’s export platform by focusing on maquiladoras and the disguised maquila industry. In both sectors, imported components account for 75 to 90 percent of export value. As a result, benefits for the Mexican economy are basically restricted to wages, that is, the value of the labor incorporated into the exports. The authors argue that what is actually taking place is the disembodied exportation of labor or, alternatively, that the workforce is being exported without requiring Mexican workers to leave the country. The authors thus demystify the purported orientation of Mexican exports toward high-value-added manufactured goods and reveal the regressive movement of the export platform. |
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