Abstract

CARBAJAL SUAREZ, Yolanda  and  JESUS ALMONTE, Leobardo de. Manufacturing labor in the Central Region of Mexico. An estimation by great division. Contad. Adm [online]. 2017, vol.62, n.3, pp.880-901. ISSN 0186-1042.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cya.2017.04.004.

The production performance and its effects in the generation of formal employment in the Central region of Mexico are analyzed at the major division level of manufacture. The most dynamic activity divisions of the manufacturing industry are identified and, by estimating a function of employment with panel data for each of the nine major divisions of manufacture, it is reported that the activity divisions: I. Food products, beverages and tobacco, II. Textiles, clothing and leather industry, III. Timber industry and wood products and IX. Other manufacturing industries show high employment income elasticity (0.716, 1.035, 0.781 and 0.94). Furthermore, the divisions that comprise the more technical branches, with greater innovation processes and high levels of export, such as divisionVIII. Metal products, machinery and equipment, show lower elasticity.

Keywords : Economic activity; Manufacturing employment; Income elasticity of the employment.