Universitat de Barcelona
2014-10-10T08:36:12Z
2014-10-10T08:36:12Z
2012
2014-10-10T08:36:12Z
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.
Working document
English
Contractes de treball; Desequilibris regionals; Creixement econòmic; Anàlisi de regressió; Mèxic; Labor contract; Regional disparities; Economic growth; Regression analysis; Mexico
Universitat de Barcelona. Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada Regional i Pública
Reproducció del document publicat a: http://www.ub.edu/irea/working_papers/2012/201224.pdf
IREA – Working Papers, 2012, IR12/24
AQR – Working Papers, 2012, AQR12/11
[WP E-AQR12/11]
[WP E-IR12/24]
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