Capability of Manufacturing Exports to Generate Domestic Employment and Value Added in North America, 1995-2020

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Published: Mar 15, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33679/rfn.v1i1.2415
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exports in value added, employment, manufacture, multi-regional input-output, North America.

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Brenda Murillo Villanueva
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9328-5070
Yolanda Carbajal Suárez
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5480-8898

Abstract

The aim of this study is to estimate the employment and domestic value added generated by manufacturing exports in North America countries between 1995 and 2020. To achieve this, a multi-regional input-output model is applied, utilizing data from the Trade in Value-Added (TiVA-OECD) and Trade in Employment (TiM-OECD) databases. The results indicate that economies engage in manufacturing activities with different inputs to domestic indicators. In Mexico, exports are generators of employment, in the United States, they contribute to domestic value-added, and in Canada, the composition is intermediate. It is concluded that developed countries (the U.S. and Canada) participate in stages of greater generation of domestic value added. The originality and contribution of this document lies in the application of a widely used method for the analysis of the decomposition of value added to the employment variable.

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Murillo Villanueva, B., & Carbajal Suárez, Y. (2025). Capability of Manufacturing Exports to Generate Domestic Employment and Value Added in North America, 1995-2020. Frontera Norte, 37. https://doi.org/10.33679/rfn.v1i1.2415
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Author Biographies

Brenda Murillo Villanueva, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México

Profesora-investigadora del Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Económicas de la Facultad de Economía de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México Doctora en Economía por la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Yolanda Carbajal Suárez, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México

Profesora-investigadora del Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Económicas de la Facultad de Economía de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México Dra. en Economía por la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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