Economic growth, through education, employment, innovation, exports, and imports, in Mexico as in the emerging countries of the BRICS 2007-2017

Abstract

This research identifies the relationship between the factors of education, employment, innovation, imports, and exports with the economic growth of Mexico and the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), distinguishing the weight of each element during the period 2007- 2017. Developing an econometric model of panel data, estimated by the Panel Corrected Standard Errors (PCSE) method. The results conclude that actions in certain areas of the mentioned variables have favorable repercussions on the increase in Real GDP. Keywords: economic growth, competitiveness, the BRICS, Mexico.