Management and Misallocation in Mexico

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Bloom, Nicholas; Iacovone, Leonardo; Pereira-Lopez, Mariana; Van Reenen, John
• 署名单位: Stanford University; The World Bank; Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de Mexico; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-MACROECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7707
• DOI: 10.1257/mac.20220034
• 发表日期: 2026
• 关键词: information-technology; team incentives; PRODUCTIVITY; IMPACT; TRADE; turnover; MARKET; TRANSFORMATION; CONSEQUENCES; COMPETITION

摘要

Using comprehensive administrative management surveys from Mexico and the United States, we document large management gaps between the two countries, driven by both lower average management quality among Mexican firms and greater misallocation. Compared with the United States, Mexico displays a weaker link between firm size and management quality, especially in the distorted service sector. The size-management gradient is weakest in smaller markets-services in low-population-density regions and manufacturing in locations farther from the United States. It is also attenuated in areas with weaker institutions, including poor contract enforcement, high crime, corruption, and informality. (JEL D22, D24, L25, L60, L80, M10, O14)