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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okr-10986-237162021-04-23T14:04:16Z Declining Wages for College-Educated Workers in Mexico : Are Younger or Older Cohorts Hurt the Most? Campos-Vazquez, Raymundo M. Lopez-Calva, Luis F. Lustig, Nora JOBS UNEMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EQUITY COLLEGE EDUCATION HUMAN CAPITAL EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS COLLEGE WORKERS WAGES SKILLED WORKERS WORK IN PROGRESS STUDENT MINIMUM WAGE LABOR DEMAND INCOME AGE WAGE INEQUALITY AVERAGE WAGE WORKING AGE GROUP WORK OCCUPATIONS AGE GROUPS INFORMATION LABOR FORCE OCCUPATION COLLEGE-EDUCATED WORKERS INCOME DISTRIBUTION POLITICAL ECONOMY LABOR SURVEYS LITERATURE PAPERS EFFECTS WAGE INCREASES LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES EARNING REAL WAGES LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET DYNAMICS ECONOMICS POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS OPEN ACCESS WAGE STRUCTURE COLLEGE GRADUATE MALE WORKERS WORK EXPERIENCE EARNINGS INEQUALITY LABOR MARKET TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS WORKPLACE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT GRADUATE FEMALE LABOR FORCE SUPPLY INCOME INEQUALITY YOUNGER WORKERS COLLEGE GRADUATES UNEMPLOYED UNIVERSITY OLDER WORKERS MARKETS ORGANIZATIONS AGE COMPOSITION UNIVERSITY DIPLOMA GRADUATES RESEARCH WAGE DISTRIBUTION COLLEGE- EDUCATED WORKERS LABOR LABOR MARKETS OUTCOMES TOTAL EMPLOYMENT SCHOOL TERTIARY EDUCATION HIGHER-EDUCATED WORKERS HOURS OF WORK FEMALE LABOR 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. 2016-02-02T23:09:02Z 2016-02-02T23:09:02Z 2016-01 Working Paper 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 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7546 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Mexico |
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JOBS UNEMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EQUITY COLLEGE EDUCATION HUMAN CAPITAL EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS COLLEGE WORKERS WAGES SKILLED WORKERS WORK IN PROGRESS STUDENT MINIMUM WAGE LABOR DEMAND INCOME AGE WAGE INEQUALITY AVERAGE WAGE WORKING AGE GROUP WORK OCCUPATIONS AGE GROUPS INFORMATION LABOR FORCE OCCUPATION COLLEGE-EDUCATED WORKERS INCOME DISTRIBUTION POLITICAL ECONOMY LABOR SURVEYS LITERATURE PAPERS EFFECTS WAGE INCREASES LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES EARNING REAL WAGES LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET DYNAMICS ECONOMICS POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS OPEN ACCESS WAGE STRUCTURE COLLEGE GRADUATE MALE WORKERS WORK EXPERIENCE EARNINGS INEQUALITY LABOR MARKET TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS WORKPLACE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT GRADUATE FEMALE LABOR FORCE SUPPLY INCOME INEQUALITY YOUNGER WORKERS COLLEGE GRADUATES UNEMPLOYED UNIVERSITY OLDER WORKERS MARKETS ORGANIZATIONS AGE COMPOSITION UNIVERSITY DIPLOMA GRADUATES RESEARCH WAGE DISTRIBUTION COLLEGE- EDUCATED WORKERS LABOR LABOR MARKETS OUTCOMES TOTAL EMPLOYMENT SCHOOL TERTIARY EDUCATION HIGHER-EDUCATED WORKERS HOURS OF WORK FEMALE LABOR |
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JOBS UNEMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EQUITY COLLEGE EDUCATION HUMAN CAPITAL EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS COLLEGE WORKERS WAGES SKILLED WORKERS WORK IN PROGRESS STUDENT MINIMUM WAGE LABOR DEMAND INCOME AGE WAGE INEQUALITY AVERAGE WAGE WORKING AGE GROUP WORK OCCUPATIONS AGE GROUPS INFORMATION LABOR FORCE OCCUPATION COLLEGE-EDUCATED WORKERS INCOME DISTRIBUTION POLITICAL ECONOMY LABOR SURVEYS LITERATURE PAPERS EFFECTS WAGE INCREASES LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES EARNING REAL WAGES LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET DYNAMICS ECONOMICS POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS OPEN ACCESS WAGE STRUCTURE COLLEGE GRADUATE MALE WORKERS WORK EXPERIENCE EARNINGS INEQUALITY LABOR MARKET TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS WORKPLACE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT GRADUATE FEMALE LABOR FORCE SUPPLY INCOME INEQUALITY YOUNGER WORKERS COLLEGE GRADUATES UNEMPLOYED UNIVERSITY OLDER WORKERS MARKETS ORGANIZATIONS AGE COMPOSITION UNIVERSITY DIPLOMA GRADUATES RESEARCH WAGE DISTRIBUTION COLLEGE- EDUCATED WORKERS LABOR LABOR MARKETS OUTCOMES TOTAL EMPLOYMENT SCHOOL TERTIARY EDUCATION HIGHER-EDUCATED WORKERS HOURS OF WORK FEMALE LABOR Campos-Vazquez, Raymundo M. Lopez-Calva, Luis F. Lustig, Nora Declining Wages for College-Educated Workers in Mexico : Are Younger or Older Cohorts Hurt the Most? |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7546 |
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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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Working Paper |
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Campos-Vazquez, Raymundo M. Lopez-Calva, Luis F. Lustig, Nora |
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Campos-Vazquez, Raymundo M. Lopez-Calva, Luis F. Lustig, Nora |
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Campos-Vazquez, Raymundo M. |
| title |
Declining Wages for College-Educated Workers in Mexico : Are Younger or Older Cohorts Hurt the Most? |
| title_short |
Declining Wages for College-Educated Workers in Mexico : Are Younger or Older Cohorts Hurt the Most? |
| title_full |
Declining Wages for College-Educated Workers in Mexico : Are Younger or Older Cohorts Hurt the Most? |
| title_fullStr |
Declining Wages for College-Educated Workers in Mexico : Are Younger or Older Cohorts Hurt the Most? |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Declining Wages for College-Educated Workers in Mexico : Are Younger or Older Cohorts Hurt the Most? |
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declining wages for college-educated workers in mexico : are younger or older cohorts hurt the most? |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2016 |
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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 |
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