BISWorkingPapersNo1186UnconditionalconvergenceintheMexicanmanufacturingsector(1988-2018)byAlexRivadeneiraMonetaryandEconomicDepartmentMay2024JELclassification:O40,O14,O54.Keywords:growth,convergence,manufacturing,Mexico.BISWorkingPapersarewrittenbymembersoftheMonetaryandEconomicDepartmentoftheBankforInternationalSettlements,andfromtimetotimebyothereconomists,andarepublishedbytheBank.Thepapersareonsubjectsoftopicalinterestandaretechnicalincharacter.TheviewsexpressedinthemarethoseoftheirauthorsandnotnecessarilytheviewsoftheBIS.ThispublicationisavailableontheBISwebsite(www.bis.org).©BankforInternationalSettlements2024.Allrightsreserved.Briefexcerptsmaybereproducedortranslatedprovidedthesourceisstated.ISSN1020-0959(print)ISSN1682-7678(online)UnconditionalConvergenceintheMexicanManufacturingSector(19882018)AlexRivadeneiraBancodeMéxico†March26,2024AbstractInthispaper,IdigitizeeconomiccensusdatatostudyunconditionalconvergenceinmanufacturinglaborproductivityacrossMexicanstatesfrom1988to2018.Idocumentitsexistenceinthreedigitindustriesatarateofconvergenceof1.22%peryear.However,thisresultdoesnotholdattheaggregatelevel:Ifindnounconditionalconvergenceinmanufacturingwidelaborproductivityacrossstates.Shiftsharinganalysisrevealsthattheprimaryreasonisthelackoflaborreallocationtowardsmoreproductiveindustriesan...
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