Changes in wage structure in Mexico going beyond the mean. An analysis of differences in distribution, 1987

Autor/inn/en	Tello, Claudia; Ramos, Raúl; Artís Ortuño, Manuel
Titel	Changes in wage structure in Mexico going beyond the mean. An analysis of differences in distribution, 1987 - 2008.
Quelle	Bonn: IZA (2012), 40 S., 1023,20 KB PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	Discussion paper series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit. 6576
Beigaben	grafische Darstellungen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
Schlagwörter	Schätzung; Arbeitsmarkt; Arbeitsverhältnis; Mexiko; Stadt; Qualifikation; Lohnstruktur; Schätzung; Bildungsertrag; Bildungsertrag; Stadt; Lohnstruktur; Arbeitsmarkt; Arbeitsplatznachfrage; Arbeitsverhältnis; Qualifikation; Arbeitspapier; Mexiko
Abstract	This paper conducts an empirical analysis of the relationship between wage inequality, employment structure, and returns to education in urban areas of Mexico during the past two decades (1987-2008). Applying Melly's (2005) quantile regression based decomposition, we find that changes in wage inequality have been driven mainly by variations in educational wage premia. Additionally, we find that changes in employment structure, including occupation and firm size, have played a vital role. This evidence seems to suggest that the changes in wage inequality in urban Mexico cannot be interpreted in terms of a skill-biased change, but rather they are the result of an increasing demand for skills during that period.
Erfasst von	ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Kiel
Update	2012/4