Labor congestion in the automotive cluster: the role of wages
| Autor: | José Antonio Santillana, Viviana Elizabeth Zárate-Mirón, Martha Cabanas, Alfonso Mendoza-Velázquez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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business.industry
media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Automotive industry Disease cluster General Business Management and Accounting 0502 economics and business Econometrics Economics Production (economics) 050207 economics Business and International Management business Function (engineering) Productivity 050203 business & management media_common Panel data |
| Zdroj: | Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal. 28:386-407 |
| ISSN: | 1059-5422 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/cr-10-2016-0071 |
| Popis: | Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate labor congestion in the automotive industry in Mexico. Design/methodology/approach By using the cluster and subcluster definitions by Delgado et al. (2016) and relying on an efficiency and production function perspective, this study estimates a standard production function and measures marginal returns of labor at the regional cluster and subclusters levels. To assess whether wages affect the finding of congestion and productivity, the model also measures the individual impact of wages on both total productivity and marginal returns of labor. Findings Among other results, this paper finds evidence of labor congestion in the automotive cluster in Mexico. This congestion deepens with wages and it is specific to some regions and some subclusters. Research limitations/implications The methods used are based on panel data techniques but are fundamentally cross-section in nature. The time period available may condition these findings. Originality/value To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study reporting congestion in the automotive cluster in Mexico. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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