2nd Binational Conference, Nov. 15-16, 2017 UTSA Downtown Campus by Elif Tugba Dogan, Ph.D., Full-time Assistatn Professor in the Department of Labor Economics and Industrial Relations, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Ankara and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Autonomous University of Zacatecas, Academic Unit of Development Studies and Professor Jorge Antonio Morales Cardiel, Autonomous University of Zacatecas, Academic Unit of Development Studies