Question

1.How did growth in maquiladora employment before NAFTA compare with growth after NAFTA took effect?

Answer 1

During the five years prior to NAFTA, maquiladora employ- ment grew 47 percent. But over the first five years after NAFTA, employment growth soared 86 percent (Chart 1). This growth was not simply a matter of existing plants taking on more workers but of rapid expansion in the number of plants.