U.S.–Mexico Border and Maquiladora Industry

Research

2017

• NAFTA at 20: Effects on the North American Market

2016

• New Mexico Recovery Lags amid Energy, Government Sector Weakness, Roberto Coronado and Marycruz De León, Southwest Economy, Fourth Quarter 2016.
• Texas Border Cities Illustrate Benefits and Challenges of Trade, Jesus Cañas, Southwest Economy, Fourth Quarter 2016.
• U.S.–Mexico Manufacturing: Back in the Race?, Roberto Coronado and Marycruz De León, Crossroads, 2016.
• Snapshot: El Paso Job Growth at Postrecession High, Southwest Economy, Second Quarter 2016.
• Border: Joblessness Falls Despite Weak Employment Growth, Christopher Slijk, Southwest Economy, First Quarter 2016.

2015

• Juárez Maquiladora Employment Rising, Adapted from El Paso Economic Indicators, Southwest Economy, First Quarter 2015.

2013

• Immigration: Border Apprehensions in Rio Grande Valley Surge, Melissa LoPalo, Southwest Economy, Third Quarter 2013.
• For Hispanics, Border Wage Gap Reflects Education, English Divide, Christina English, Southwest Economy, Third Quarter 2013.

2012

• Dollar-Sensitive Mexican Shoppers Boost Texas Border Retail Activity, Roberto A. Coronado and Keith R. Phillips, Southwest Economy, Fourth Quarter 2012.
• El Paso and Texas Border Cities Close the Gap in Per Capita Income, Robert W. Gilmer and Roberto Coronado, Crossroads, July 2012.

2011

• The Impact of the Maquiladora Industry on U.S. Border Cities, Jesus Cañas, Roberto A. Coronado, Robert W. Gilmer and Eduardo Saucedo, Research Department Working Paper 1107.
• Offshoring and Volatility: More Evidence from Mexico's Maquiladora Industry, Roberto Coronado, Research Department Working Paper 1106.
• Trade Conference Explores U.S.-Mexico ‘Common Bonds’, Jesus Cañas, Roberto Coronado and Robert W. Gilmer, Southwest Economy, First Quarter 2011.

2010

• Spotlight: Maquiladora Employment, Roberto Coronado and Jesus Cañas, Southwest Economy, Second Quarter 2010.

2009

• The Maquiladora’s Changing Geography, Jesus Cañas and Robert W. Gilmer, Southwest Economy, Second Quarter 2009.

2008

• Mexican Migrants Stay in Border Comfort Zone, Pia Orrenius and Madeline Zavodny, Southwest Economy, May/June 2008.
• Why Stop There? Mexican Migration to the U.S. Border Region, Pia Orrenius, Madeline Zavodny and Leslie Lukens, Research Department Working Paper 0803.
• Border Health Care: Booming Industry Creates Jobs Faster than State, Keith Phillips and Armida Riojas, Southwest Economy, January/February 2008.

2007

• Banking Industry Evolution Along the Texas–Mexico Border, Joaquin Lopez and Keith Phillips, Southwest Economy, July/Aug. 2006.
• Mexican Reform Clouds View of Key Industry, Jesus Cañas and Robert W. Gilmer, Southwest Economy, May/June 2007.
• Crime on the U.S.—Mexico Border: The Effect of Undocumented Immigration and Border Enforcement, Roberto A. Coronado and Pia M. Orrenius, Migraciones Internacionales, June 2007.
• Exported Retail Sales along the Texas—Mexico Border, Roberto A. Coronado and Keith R. Phillips, Journals of Borderlands Studies, Spring 2007.
• Maquiladora Recovery: Lessons for the Future, Jesus Cañas, Roberto Coronado and Robert W. Gilmer, Southwest Economy, March/April 2007.
• Maquiladora Employment Dynamics in Nuevo Laredo, Jesus Cañas and Thomas M. Fullerton Jr, Growth and Change, March 2007.
• On the Determinants of Optimal Border Enforcement, Pia M. Orrenius, Mark Guzman and Joe Haslag, Economic Theory, February 2007.
• Regional Business Cycle Integration Along the U.S.—Mexico Border, Jesus Cañas and Keith Phillips, The Annals of Regional Science, February 2007.

2006

• Incubating Microfinance: The Texas Border Experience, Laila Assanie and Raghav Virmani, Southwest Economy, September/October 2006.
• Border Benefits from Mexican Shoppers, Jesus Cañas, Roberto Coronado and Keith Phillips, Southwest Economy, May/June 2006.
• Dynamic Growth in the Rio Grande Valley, José Joaquín López, Southwest Economy, March/April 2006.

2005

• Texas Border Employment and Maquiladora Growth, Jesus Cañas, Roberto Coronado and Robert W. Gilmer, The Face of Texas, October 2005.
• Texas Border Benefits from Retail Sales to Mexican Nationals, Keith R. Phillips and Roberto Coronado, The Face of Texas, October 2005.
• Cyclical Differences Emerge in Border City Economies, Keith R. Phillips and Kristen Hamden, Vista, Issue 2 2005.
• Border Cities: Economic Competitors or Complements?, Jesus Cañas, Ebetuel Pallares and Luis Bernardo Torres Ruiz, Crossroads, Issue 2 2005.
• Framing the Future: Tomorrow's Border Economy, Robert W. Gilmer, Keith Phillips, Jesus Cañas and Roberto Coronado, Vista, Issue 1 2005.

2004

• Short-Run Maquiladora Employment Dynamics in Tijuana, Roberto A. Coronado, Thomas M. Fullerton Jr. and Don P. Clark, Annals of Regional Science, Fall 2004.
• Maquiladora Downturn: Structural Change or Cyclical Factors?, Roberto A. Coronado, Jesus Cañas and Robert W. Gilmer, International Business and Economics Research Journal, August 2004.

2001

• Beating Border Barriers in U.S.–Mexico Trade, Pia M. Orrenius, Keith Phillips and Benjamin Blackburn, Southwest Economy, September/October 2001.