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<journal-id>1870-0578</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Mexican law review]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Mex. law rev]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-0578</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1870-05782018000200159</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/iij.24485306e.2018.1.12515</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Did Nafta Help Mexico? An Update After 23 Years]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Weisbrot]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mark]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Merling]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lara]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mello]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Vitor]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lefebvre]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Stephan]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sammut]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Joseph]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Center for Economic and Policy Research  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Washington, D. C.]]></addr-line>
<country>USA</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>11</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>159</fpage>
<lpage>183</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-05782018000200159&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-05782018000200159&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-05782018000200159&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: This note compares the performance of the Mexican economy with that of the rest of the region over 23 years, since NAFTA took effect, based on the available economic and social indicators. Among the results, it finds that Mexico ranks 15th out of 20 Latin American countries in growth of real GDP per person, the most basic economic measure of living standards; Mexico&#8217;s poverty rate in 2014 was higher than the poverty rate of 1994; and real wages (inflation-adjusted) were almost the same in 2014 as in 1994. It also notes that if NAFTA had been successful in restoring Mexico&#8217;s pre-1980 growth rate -when developmentalist economic policies were the norm- Mexico today would be a high-income country, with income per person comparable to Western European countries. If not for Mexico&#8217;s long-term economic failure, including the 23 years since NAFTA, it is unlikely that immigration from Mexico would have become a major political issue in the United States, since relatively few Mexicans would seek to cross the border.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Esta nota compara la actuación de la economía mexicana con las del resto de la región a lo largo de los 23 años en los que el TLCAN ha surtido efecto, tomando como base los indicadores sociales y económicos disponibles. Entre los resultados, se encontró que México tiene el puesto 15, de 20 naciones latinoamericanas, en el crecimiento real del PIB por persona, la medida económica más básica de la forma de vida; el porcentaje de pobreza en 2014 fue más alto que el porcentaje de pobreza en 1994; y los salarios reales (ajuste de inflación) fueron casi los mismos en 2014 como en 1994. También se muestra que, si el TLCAN hubiera sido exitoso en restablecer la taza de crecimiento de México previa a 1980 -cuando las políticas económicas del desarrollismo eran la norma-, México actualmente sería una nación de ingresos altos, con ingresos por persona comparables a los de los países de Europa occidental. Si no fuera por el fracaso económico de largo plazo de México, incluyendo 23 años del inicio del TLCAN, la migración desde México no sería un problema político relevante para los Estados Unidos, debido a que relativamente pocos mexicanos buscarían cruzar la frontera.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[NAFTA]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[políticas económicas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ingreso]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[crecimiento]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[empleo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[pobreza]]></kwd>
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