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An estimation of the Phillips curve in Mexico using city-level data

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  • Lorenzo Aldeco Leo
  • Horacio Reyes Rocha

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We estimate the slope of the Phillips curve in Mexico between 2005 and 2020 using city level data. We overcome the endogeneity of unemployment and core inflation through a panel instrumental variable strategy. Time-period fixed effects account for aggregate supply, demand, and expectation variables, while possible endogeneity between unemployment and core inflation at the city-quarter level is addressed with local labor demand shock instruments. We find a statistically significant Phillips curve linking local unemployment to local core inflation in Mexico, but this relationship is relatively weak: an increase of 1 percentage point in city-level unemployment lowers year-on-year core inflation by approximately 0.18 percentage points. We analyze city-level characteristics that relate to steeper Phillips curves, and find that informality rates, cash transfers, and some demographic characteristics in cities strengthen the relationship between unemployment and inflation.

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  • Lorenzo Aldeco Leo & Horacio Reyes Rocha, 2025. "An estimation of the Phillips curve in Mexico using city-level data," Working Papers 2025-14, Banco de México.
    • Handle: RePEc:bdm:wpaper:2025-14
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    JEL classification:

    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • C26 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation
    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
    • O54 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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