Total Factor Productivity (TFP) in Manufacturing and Economic Growth in Mexico. (La Productividad total de los factores (TFP) en las manufacturas y crecimiento económico en México)

The present study presents a model and estimates Mexico’s regional total factor productivity (tfp) that accounts for the economic performance of the country since the 1980’s. The findings raise a debate of Mexican productivity over time. One of them is that different measures of output and productivity, leads to different conclusions about productivity at the regional and national level in Mexico.