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2012

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Changes in Wage Structure in Mexico Going Beyond the Mean : An Analysis of Differences in Distribution, 1987-2008

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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.

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Contractes de treball, Desequilibris regionals, Creixement econòmic, Anàlisi de regressió, Mèxic

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Labor contract, Regional disparities, Economic growth, Regression analysis, Mexico

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Documents de treball (Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada Regional i Pública (IREA))
AQR (Grup d’Anàlisi Quantitativa Regional) – Working Papers
Documents de treball / Informes (Econometria, Estadística i Economia Aplicada)

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TELLO DE LA TORRE, Claudia, RAMOS LOBO, Raúl and ARTÍS ORTUÑO, Manuel. Changes in Wage Structure in Mexico Going Beyond the Mean : An Analysis of Differences in Distribution, 1987-2008. IREA – Working Papers. 2012. Vol.  IR12/24. ISSN 2014-1254. [consulted: 15 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/58441

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