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"Le travail subordonné des femmes a toujours été mal rétribué et matière à discrimination. La Constitution mexicaine a inclus, dans son texte original, la « protection du travail pour les travailleuses » qui s'est malencontreusement traduite par une « discrimination légale », abrogée en 1975. Malgré la reconnaissance des droits politiques de la femme en 1953, l'égalité juridique des hommes et des femmes s'est formellement cantonnée, jusqu'en 1974, à cette simple phrase : «La femme et l'homme sont égaux devant la loi ». Aujourd'hui, les politiques publiques s'efforcent de parvenir à une régulation efficace au moyen de divers instruments."

Over the last three and one-half decades, the development of twin industrial plants, maquilas, along the U.S.-Mexico border has resulted in industrialisation of the northern tier of Mexican states and rapid population growth on both sides of the border.Maquilas have been responsible for some environmental contamination and may contribute to changes in family cohesiveness. At the same time they have not supported the needed expansion of public infrastructure. These are major public health consequences that must be considered by both countries. Solutions will require better cooperative efforts than have occured in the past.

"We analysed labour costs in Mexico and evaluated their impact in terms of firm performance. Using a new survey, we studied how firms chose to conduct a firing procedure (i.e. mandatory payment, negotiation, or legal dispute) and the actual costs derived from that decision. We found that firms that negotiate have, on average, lower costs. This may mean that workers subvaluate the legal benefits. Moreover, legal disputes may increase firing costs by 50 per cent. We contributed to the analysis of the impact of such costs on employment and found that, when firms negotiate or pay higher costs, this decreases the level of employment. We also analysed the impact of Social Benefits on employment using an industrial survey. We found that a 10 per cent increment in these benefits may have a negative long-term impact of 9 per cent on the level of employment."