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Polarización salarial y ocupacional en México: 2005-2017/Wage and occupational polarization in Mexico: 2005-2017

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  • Gonzalo García Ramírez

    (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana)

  • Gabriela García Ramírez

    (Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, A.C.)

Abstract

This research analyzes the phenomenon of wage and occupational polarization in the Mexican labor market during the period 2005-2017, based on a division of the labor market into formal and informal employment as well as gender. Through a decomposition by level of skills it is suggested that there is a process of incipient polarization in the formal market and a canonical process of polarization in the informal market. In the same way, the index corroborate an increase in the wage and occupational polarization in the period. Likewise, a breakdown of components shows that labor market segmentation, union weakness, size of establishments and labor discrimination are some of the main causes of wage and occupational polarization in Mexico.

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  • Gonzalo García Ramírez & Gabriela García Ramírez, 2020. "Polarización salarial y ocupacional en México: 2005-2017/Wage and occupational polarization in Mexico: 2005-2017," Estudios Económicos, El Colegio de México, Centro de Estudios Económicos, vol. 35(1), pages 153-188.
    • Handle: RePEc:emx:esteco:v:35:y:2020:i:1:p:153-188
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    Keywords

    polarization; inequality; informal labor markets; discrimination;
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    JEL classification:

    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • J46 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Informal Labor Market
    • J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing

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