Declining Wages for College-Educated Workers in Mexico : Are Younger or Older Cohorts Hurt the Most?
Wage inequality has declined in Mexico since 2000. Using data from Mexican labor surveys for the period between 2000 and 2014, this paper investigates whether the decline was driven by wages declining more sharply for younger or older workers. The...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/01/25833255/declining-wages-college-educated-workers-mexico-younger-or-older-cohorts-hurt-most http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23716 |
| Summary: | Wage inequality has declined in Mexico
since 2000. Using data from Mexican labor surveys for the
period between 2000 and 2014, this paper investigates
whether the decline was driven by wages declining more
sharply for younger or older workers. The analysis finds
that the wages of older workers declined and the decline was
more pronounced in the older cohort. This would seem to
support the hypothesis that older workers' skills have
become obsolete. |
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