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Brechas salariales por autoidentificacion indigena y rasgos lingüisticos en Mexico

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  • Eva O. Arceo-Gomez

    (Universidad Iberoamericana, Departamento de Economia)

  • Pedro J. Torres L.

    (Universidad Iberoamericana, Departamento de Economia)

Abstract

Mexico es un pais altamente desigual y el origen etnico-racial es una de las dimensiones que contribuyen a esta desigualdad. Estudios anteriores han analizado las diferencias salariales por origen-etnico racial y rasgos lingüisticos, pero hasta ahora ninguno ha reconocido que la autoidentificacion indigena puede llevar a sesgos de seleccion en el analisis. En este articulo resolvemos este problema mediante la estimacion de un modelo con cambio de regimen, el cual estima, en una primera etapa, la seleccion en la autoidentificacion y, en una segunda, dos ecuaciones de los salarios segun como se autoidentifico el trabajador. El modelo revela que la mayor parte del diferencial en el promedio de los salarios entre aquellos que se identifican como indigenas y aquellos que no se debe al sesgo de seleccion. A pesar de esto persiste un diferencial que no se explica por las caracteristicas observadas ni la autoseleccion de estas subpoblaciones, el cual se podria deber a discriminacion. Estos resultados contrastan con descomposiciones de Oaxaca tradicionales en que no se considera el sesgo de seleccion y apuntan a que la educacion es el factor que mas contribuye a la desigualdad salarial etnico-racial.

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  • Eva O. Arceo-Gomez & Pedro J. Torres L., 2021. "Brechas salariales por autoidentificacion indigena y rasgos lingüisticos en Mexico," Sobre México. Revista de Economía, Sobre México. Temas en economía, vol. 1(3), pages 129-161.
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    JEL classification:

    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing
    • O54 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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