Capítulo 1. Crecimiento económico y manufactura: Un análisis desde las regiones de México

Authors

Leobardo de Jesús Almonte
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2782-5358
Víctor Hugo Torres Preciado
Universidad de Colima
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0501-0913

Synopsis

This chapter analyzes Mexico’s slow growth and assesses whether manufacturing functions as a regional growth engine. Using a Kaldorian approach, it estimates an expanded first Kaldor law with balanced panel data for the 32 states, 2008–2022, via random-effects GLS in first differences, adding manufacturing exports and inward FDI. Descriptive results show marked regional asymmetries: the northern border concentrates manufacturing, the south lags, and the center-east shows relative deindustrialization. Econometric evidence finds a positive, significant manufacturing effect nationally, with regional validation mainly in the northern border and the south; exports matter in the border and center-east, while FDI is significant only in the center-east.

Author Biographies

Leobardo de Jesús Almonte, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2782-5358

Leobardo de Jesús Almonte has a PhD in Economy from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and is a full-time professor, assigned to Research Center in Economic Sciences of the Faculty of Economics of Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México. He is also a member of the National System of Researchers (level II). His lines of research are: Employment, Economic Growth, Regional and Sectorial Economy.

Víctor Hugo Torres Preciado, Universidad de Colima

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0501-0913

Victor Hugo Torres Preciado has a PhD in Economic                 Sciences from Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, where he obtained recognition for School Merit. At present, he is a research professor at the Faculty of Economy of the University of Colima where he carries out the design, implementing and applying Regional Economic Modelling to Study fluctuations and economic growth. He is a member of the Editorial Committee of Economic Paradigm and of the National System of Researchers (level II). His lines of research are: Criminality, Economic Growth and Technological Innovation, with the implementation of methods of Quantitative Economy with Spatial Focus.   

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Published

February 18, 2026

How to Cite

Capítulo 1. Crecimiento económico y manufactura: Un análisis desde las regiones de México. (2026). In V. H. Torres Preciado, Y. Carbajal Suárez, & L. de J. Almonte, Economic Growth, Labor, Innovation, and Regional Inequality in Mexico (pp. 14-36). University of Colima. https://www.libros.ucol.mx/index.php/dgp/catalog/book/233/chapter/257